Ballmer眼里Sinofsky也是螺丝钉

Ballmer眼里Sinofsky也是螺丝钉

在资本家面前，每个人都是螺丝钉。

不听话只有滚蛋！

华尔街几年前就在鼓噪Ballmer下台，称在Gates全面退出，其全面接手MSFT后，他没有任何创新或Catch-up，被GOOG和AAPL打的落花流水。但Ballmer作为股东，就是能赖着不走。

Ballmer是啥人？伙同Gates在MSFT发家过程中斩Paul Allen等无数牛人于马下！

当然Sinofsky也不是什么好鸟，2010年挤走了Gates请来的Ray Ozzie。被卸磨杀驴后的报道如此：

“毫无疑问，Sinofsky并不擅长于与人合作。据CNET报道，Sinofsky曾经与微软首席软件架构师Ray Ozzie进行过一次对抗，Ozzie组织了一个50人的团队研究一项文件同步技术，它可以从任何设备上抓取图片、文档、音乐。但这一功能与Sinofsky的团队为SkyDrive Web存储服务研发的功能类似，最终Ballmer决定将Ozzie的团队整合进Sinofsky的部门，从而导致Ozzie离开微软。

批评者认为，Sinofsky将这种办公室争斗上升到一个新的水平，他在掌管微软最强大且盈利的Windows和Office部门时，将更多的控制权收到自己手中，并借此大力消除异己。这削弱了微软的创新能力。

Office部门前高级副总裁Pete Higgins曾向纽约时报表示，“他哄骗、指引、影响、施压有时还会给人当头一棒”，据熟知开发进程的消息人士表示，这种严格的管理模式迫使一些微软管理人员为确保他们自己的软件能够与Windows 8很好地进行配合而争先恐后。

在相当长的时间里，Gates和Ballmer都是Sinofsky的支持者，但今天看来，这种支持更像是为了尽快完成微软从键盘到触摸屏这一革命的手段。否则毫无任何原因来解释Sinofsky选择在Windows 8上市不足一个月就选择离开。”

In 2008，Kevin Johnson, the then chief manager of Windows division, left MSFT because of conflicts with Ballmer on YHOO acquisition.

个人理想？个人才华？成就感？责任感？

打工的奴工罢了！即使做到这等高度，哪怕是内部钦定的MSFT接班人，还是奴工！

Microsoft's Windows chief leaves in power struggle

http://news.yahoo.com/microsofts-windows-chief-leaves-power-struggle-233650861--finance.html

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't going to let anyone get in his way.

Not even his presumed heir apparent, who runs the software maker's Windows empire, can stopBallmer as he pushes the company in a new direction.

That was the underlying message of a power struggle that led to the abrupt departure of Steven Sinofsky, who oversaw the Windows operating system that has been the foundation of Microsoft's success.

The fissure announced late Monday came less than three weeks after Sinofsky and Ballmer appeared on a stage in New York to hail the long-awaited release of Windows 8, a radical overhaul of the operating system. The Redmond, Wash.-based company designed it to make its products more relevant in an age when more daily computing tasks are shifting from desktop and laptop machines to smartphones and tablet computers.

Microsoft Corp. didn't elaborate on the reasons behind the end of Sinofsky's 23-year career at the company. But all signs point to tensions boiling over as Ballmer tries to weave Microsoft's products more closely together so the technology is easily accessible whenever and wherever people want to work, play and communicate.

That's a goal Microsoft rivals Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have been pursuing for the past few years, giving them a head start in a battle that's immersing technology even deeper into people's lives.

To achieve his objectives, Ballmer is trying to dismantle fiefdoms within Microsoft that date back to the 1990s when co-founder Bill Gates ran the company. According to industry analysts, Gates divided the company into different engineering silos devoted to each of Microsoft's key franchises — Windows, the Office suite of software, online services and corporate servers. When Ballmer became CEO nearly 13 years ago, he inherited the structure and even expanded it to include new divisions to house new products such as the Xbox 360 gaming console.

Now that Ballmer is trying to tie Microsoft's operations more closely together, he is likely facing resistance from company veterans such as Sinofsky, said long-time technology analyst Rob Enderle.

"Sinofsky is an empire builder who is not going to look kindly at someone coming in and telling him he has got to start sharing," Enderle said. "But Ballmer needs everyone to do the Kumbaya thing and come together. They were likely increasingly bumping heads in terms of the future of the company."

As part of Ballmer's strategy, Microsoft is expanding beyond software into device-making. The company's first tablet computer, the Surface, went on sale with the release of Windows 8 and now there is speculation that Microsoft may also make a smartphone, too. By selling hardware, Microsoftrisks alienating the device manufacturers who license Windows 8.

Ballmer, 56, isn't the only to CEO facing friction within the ranks. Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced he was replacing Scott Forstall, a long-time company executive in charge of the software that runs the iPhone and iPad.

Like Sinofsky at Microsoft, Forstall was considered to be a leading candidate to become Apple's next CEO.

Sinofsky's departure will likely increase the pressure on Ballmer as he tries to restore some of the luster Microsoft has lost during his tenure as CEO. The company's stock price has been depressed for years, largely because investors aren't convinced Microsoft will make the technological leap needed to accelerate its revenue growth once again.

"Steve Ballmer sees these very remarkable changes that Microsoft helped build and now he wants to make sure that Microsoft is as successful in this new environment as it had been in the past,"Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin said. "That's his greatest challenge. If he didn't think he had the right people in leadership positions to make it happen, he had to make a change."

The shakeup didn't go over well on Wall Street. Microsoft's stock price fell 90 cents, or more than 3 percent, to close Tuesday at $27.09.

The sell-off may reflect worries that Sinofsky's departure could be tied to some perceived shortcomings in Windows 8. But analysts say it's far too early to draw any conclusions about how Windows 8 will fare in the market, making it unlikely Sinofsky's exit has anything to do with the new operating system.

Sinofsky, 47, had been widely seen as Ballmer's likely successor. After joining the company as a software engineer in 1989, Sinofsky eventually became a technical adviser to Gates and later oversaw the Office package that includes word processing, spreadsheet and email programs. He took charge of Windows in 2006 and helped the company recover from the buggy Vista version of the operating system with the release of Windows 7 in 2009. More than 670 million licenses of Windows 7 have been sold since then.

Sinofsky "is a good manager and a guy known for getting things done, but if you are looking for someone who plays well with others, he is not your guy." Enderle said.

Ballmer praised Sinofsky in an upbeat email sent to company employees Monday.

"What we have accomplished over the past few years is nothing short of amazing, and I know we have more amazing in us," Ballmer wrote. "I am excited about our people, I am energized by our ability to change and grow, and I look forward to the success which lies ahead."