Just days right after he started blogging once more,
Windows 7 Serial, Ray Ozzie has announced options to retire from Microsoft.Ozzie is stepping down as Chief Software program Architect,
Windows 7 Activation, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced in an e-mail to employees on October 18. Ozzie will remain with the organization for some undisclosed period of time to handle his teams; transitions. He also might be “focusing his efforts in the broader area of entertainment,
Windows 7 Serial, where Microsoft has many ongoing investments,” according to Ballmer;s mail.Ballmer said he will not be appointing another Chief Software Architect. There;s no word on what Ozzie;s ideas are following his Microsoft departure.Ozzie joined Microsoft in 2005 and penned one of the most forward-looking memos in the firm;s history (his “Internet Services Disruption” memo.) Right after that,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, he went quiet and made very few public appearances.He championed Microsoft;s Live Mesh and FUSE Labs/Docs.com projects and also helped create the team that developed Windows Azure.When I wrote my Microsoft 2.0 book in 2007, I questioned whether Ozzie was the right guy to fill Bill Gates; Chief Software program Architect;s shoes. I thought he;d end up as a researcher at Microsoft or in some other role. But I didn;t expect him to leave completely so soon…Thoughts?Update: In December 2009,
Office 2007 Enterprise, Strategic News Service analyst Mark Anderson predicted Ozzie would leave Microsoft in the near-term.