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To: DiViT who wrote (19156)	3/29/1999 2:24:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 74651

Wow. There's one huge change between this org chart and the one that was leaked out a month ago. In this actual plan, there are five divisions rather than the four that were in the leaked plan. In that one the "Consumer division" headed by DeVaan and Chase would have inherited consumer Windows. Now, that is off in a division by itself. This makes a lot of sense, especially since Jim Allchin who knows OS development will lead that group. (And, umm, it makes it far easier to split it off -- at least with a Chinese wall -- from the rest of the company should trial developments make that necessary.) It will still be interesting to find out how Office gets managed within these divisions.

To: DiViT who wrote (19156)	3/29/1999 6:56:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Here's the story on the reorganization from this afternoon's Seattle Times: seattletimes.com In contrast to the earlier CNet story, this one says that there will still be four major divisions as earlier rumored. It says the Consumer Windows is not a independent entity, but will be part of a larger division along with NT. Still, though, it's far more independent than it would have been combined with the Consumer division. "The Consumer Windows division, to be run by Vice President David Cole, falls under the Business and Enterprise group, headed by Senior Vice President Jim Allchin. Cole heads the group that will develop Windows 98, the company's consumer operating-system software, while Vice President Brian Valentine will run the group developing Windows 2000... "The Business Productivity group, run by Senior Vice President Bob Muglia, will develop Microsoft's applications programs, including its Office suite of products. Vice President Rich Tong will lead the group's marketing. "The Developer group, run by Group Vice President Paul Maritz, will focus on improving and expanding relationships with software programmers. Tod Nielsen, general manager for developer relations, will run marketing. "The Consumer and Commerce Group will run Microsoft's growing Internet business. Vice presidents Brad Chase and Jon DeVaan will run the group. " Other tidbit: "...MSN's portal effort will be united with its popular Sidewalk service, and Sidewalk is expected to become Microsoft's main portal, or jumping-off point, for the Web. "