Google Nabs Another MS Employee

Iria · Jun 30, 2006, 09:39 PM

Source: BetaNews
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Yet another Microsoft employee has left the Redmond company for its biggest rival. Vic Gundotra, Microsoft's evangelism head will join Google next year, the two companies have confirmed. Google said it had not decided what position he will assume at the company, however the company said he will be a valuable asset. Gundotra had spent nearly a decade and a half at Microsoft.

Gundotra follows some other high-profile names who have since left for the Mountain View, Calif. company: Adam Bosworth, a former general manager; Mark Lucovsky, former engineer and apparent witness to Ballmer's chair throwing incident; and most notably Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Microsoft's China arm.

Falstaff · Jun 30, 2006, 10:24 PM

cyberspace makes strange bedfellows...LOL

SFOSOK · Jul 1, 2006, 12:21 AM

Looks like Google is making the right move.

Jun 30, 2006, 09:39 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Google Nabs Another MS Employee Source: BetaNews __________ Yet another Microsoft employee has left the Redmond company for its biggest rival. Vic Gundotra, Microsoft's evangelism head will join Google next year, the two companies have confirmed. Google said it had not decided what position he will assume at the company, however the company said he will be a valuable asset. Gundotra had spent nearly a decade and a half at Microsoft. Gundotra follows some other high-profile names who have since left for the Mountain View, Calif. company: Adam Bosworth, a former general manager; Mark Lucovsky, former engineer and apparent witness to Ballmer's chair throwing incident; and most notably Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Microsoft's China arm.

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