CLOUD 0.0 - Why I left the Microsoft Fold

Well the house that Bill Gate built has become a failed organization for its employees  (ask them about their options ) and partners  alike.

An dysfunctional organization powered by a stack ranking system that turned 'the house of Remond' into cabal of warring tribes.

Not a pretty picture

Steve Ballmers course correct:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2013/07/15/this-is-the-organization-that-steve-ballmer-is-trying-to-change/

You can read the sordid background tale of ho things got to his point ( note not safe for work )

http://minimsft.blogspot.com/

I wish it wasn't ;but, sometimes change  is necessary and good. For one thing it forces us to adapt to better perhaps than what we were before.

Silver Linings:

We all can learn. Microsoft has a few gleaming nuggets in the sands of   a wind swept by change beach.
For instance Windows 8.1, Office  2007-2013 ( consumer lock in!) , Office 365, XBox 4.0 ( ;) ) and the embrace of other platform devices.  System Center 2012 and Hyper-V of Windows also are promising in the short term for consultants!

All  of the above hints at new, leaner,  much smaller  smarter Microsoft one that can not only compete...but win. 

Now SteveB execute!

FINIS

Best wishes to all those I left behind in Redmond...