Frankly Speaking: For Microsoft, the pain is just beginning

Iria · Jan 23, 2009, 04:25 AM

Microsoft cuts 5,000 jobs. That's the big news of the week. Not just because the layoffs will cut one in 20 of Microsoft's 91,000 employees. Not only because it signals just how hard Microsoft has been hurt by the failure of Vista and by shifts in the way big customers license and use software. Not even because of the grim sign it represents for the rest of the IT industry.

No, it's big because it means Microsoft has begun to hit bottom.
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Source: Computerworld

Jan 23, 2009, 04:25 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Frankly Speaking: For Microsoft, the pain is just beginning Microsoft cuts 5,000 jobs. That's the big news of the week. Not just because the layoffs will cut one in 20 of Microsoft's 91,000 employees. Not only because it signals just how hard Microsoft has been hurt by the failure of Vista and by shifts in the way big customers license and use software. Not even because of the grim sign it represents for the rest of the IT industry. No, it's big because it means Microsoft has begun to hit bottom. ________________ Source: Computerworld