A mere five years after Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered Microsoft to split in two, Microsoft has decided to split itself into three. Well, sort of:
The changes separate the company into the new Platform Products & Services Division, to include Windows, server products and MSN; the Microsoft Business Division, including the company’s Office and business software groups; and a Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division, comprising the current Mobile and Embedded Devices and Home and Entertainment divisions, including the Xbox video-game console.
I heard from someone the other day that until about a year ago Microsoft had no real product development process. It was all just chaos. I bet this move is designed to help that as well. The metaphor that’s been flying around lately (no, not this one!) is that Microsoft in the 2000s is like GM in the 1970s: bloated, inefficient, and about to get its a** kicked by an upstart competitor. Now, who ends up playing Toyota and Honda in this little re-enactment is still up for debate. Top contenders include Linux, Apple, and Google.
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