Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
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Microsoft's reorganization will apparently lump the existing seven divisions:
- Information Worker, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Visio®, Microsoft Project, and other stand-alone desktop applications.
- Windows Client, including the Microsoft® Windows® XP desktop operating system, Windows 2000, and Windows Embedded operating system.
- Server and Tools, including the Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software, software developer tools, and MSDN®.
- Home and Entertainment, including Microsoft Xbox®, consumer hardware and software, online games, and our TV platform.
- MSN, including the MSN® network, MSN Internet Access, MSNTV, MSN Hotmail® and other Web-based services.
- Microsoft Business Solutions, encompassing Great Plains and Navision business process applications, and bCentral™ business services.
- Mobile and Embedded Devices, featuring mobile devices including the Windows Powered Pocket PC, the Mobile Explorer microbrowser, and the Windows Powered Smartphone software platform.
under three "core" divisions:
- Platforms and Services, under Jim Allchin (who'll retire after Vista ships) and Kevin Johnson
- Business, under Jeff Raikes, and
- Entertainment and Devices, under Robbie Bach
It looks like what they’ve done is put the cash cows under Allchin / Johnson, given Bach a “do-able” challenge, and given Raikes the hardest nut to crack Correction: They gave Raikes Office. Pretty hard to lose money with that...
Given the size of the Allchin / Johnson “Platforms and Services” division, it’s hard to believe that this will in any way shatter the fiefdoms and levels of middle-manager bureaucracy which are Microsoft’s most serious organizational challenge. |
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:36:41 AM (Hawaiian Standard Time, UTC-10:00) | Disqus link | 
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