Up to 5,000 Microsoft jobs are about to be history. When Google and Microsoft can’t afford to keep people employed, you know the economy is in the tank. Microsoft has never had to let go of people in this manner before in its entire history.
These job cuts are companywide — no specific division is getting the axe. These times are forcing a lot of companies to rethink their strategies. Expect Microsoft projects like “Photosynth” and “Surface” to take a backseat to Windows 7. Windows has been Microsoft’s heavy hitter along with Office, but Windows sales are down.
Windows 7 has already tested well on netbooks. Usually, Microsoft’s operating systems have choked low-performance machines. This already shows that Microsoft is rethinking where its operating systems can excel (no pun intended). We’ll see if MS can get its act together and re-hire people in the long run.
Read: [Bloomberg]
This already shows that Microsoft is rethinking where its operating systems can excel.We’ll see if MS can get its act together and re-hire people in the long run.