They seem to waste a lot of their talent there. They have about a 50% turn over rate with 2 years. That number increases dramatically by year 5.
The RTM dates are flexible. The problem is the info about products that are supposed to be a "secret." After all of the hype about windows 7 now we find out that just a year later that they will be releasing windows 8? That is a little disappointing. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: > > > I guess it’s payback time for how they are laying off, reducing salaries > and overworking the Microsoft crew. > > > > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Mr. Worf > *Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:56 PM > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [scifinoir2] Blogger: Windows 8 Set for July 2011 Release > > > > > > M$ is pissed!** > > * > Blogger: Windows 8 Set for July 2011 Release* > > Less than six months after the release of Windows 7, a blogger claiming to > be a former Microsoft employee posted a timeline outlining the software > giant's product releases schedule for the next three years. > > <http://www.internetnews.com/software/email.php/3861506><http://www.internetnews.com/software/print.php/3861506><http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3861506#comment_form><http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3861506> > > *Share this Article* > > Digg Del.icio.us Newsvine Facebook Google LinkedIn MySpace Reddit Slashdot > StumbleUpon Technorati Twitter Windows Live YahooBuzz FriendFeed > > Print this Article<http://www.internetnews.com/software/print.php/3861506> > > Comment on this > article<http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3861506#comment_form> > > Email this Article<http://www.internetnews.com/software/email.php/3861506> > > January 28, 2010 > > *Lies, half-truths and distortions are commonplace when it comes to rumors > of new products, product release dates and management shakeups in the > software industry. CodeGuru <http://www.codeguru.com/> has the latest > scuttlebutt from a blogger who posted his version of Microsoft's product > release timeline through 2012.* > > If it was a practical joke, Microsoft officials aren't laughing. > > A man who claimed to have worked for Microsoft until mid-January posted on > his blog in early December a list of upcoming, unannounced products and his > guesses on when they will ship. > > On that list is Windows 8, which the former employee—Chris Green—pegs as > being "released to manufacturing" (RTM) on or around July 1, 2011. Green's > list also predicts Office 2012 is targeted to RTM in July 2012, and Windows > Server 2012 as going to RTM in July 2012. > > Earlier this week, that December post, and the chart that the former > employee compiled, were spotted by Stephen Chapman, a blogger who already > has a bit of a track record for finding sensitive Microsoft product timing > documents. > > Chapman publicized Green's chart in a post on the Microsoft Kitchen blog > (formerly known as the UX Evangelist blog) Wednesday. > > Green, whose name and former company e-mail address appears on at least one > apparent Microsoft document online, did not respond to a request for comment > by press time. > > Microsoft Kitchen's Chapman said he does not know Green and can't vouch for > the accuracy of the future product names and dates, although he noted on his > blog that Green's chart includes caveats regarding the accuracy of the > information. > Read the full story at CodeGuru: > Cover Blown on Windows 8 > Release?<http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/misc/article.php/c16773/> > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
