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sitkack · 2022-12-15 21:19:49

Didn't the Redmond team get liquidated?

Quiark | karma 572 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2019-05-07 02:23:00+00:00

I don't think they care about Windows that much any more. They even dissolved the team and it's now a part of Azure team / Office team.

OJFord | karma 22072 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2021-09-03 15:34:22

Didn't Microsoft buy it and kill it into Teams Tasks or something?

thrower123 | karma 4136 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2020-12-01 21:36:12

They got destroyed by Microsoft's pushing of Teams.

mattnewton | karma 11343 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2017-09-27 19:30:29+00:00

IIRC this happened to Microsoft

lukejduncan | karma 2783 | avg karma 6.21 · | 2012-06-14 22:52:27

IT's a great exit for the team, but being bought by Microsoft seems like the kiss of death for the actual product

throwaway12iii | karma 116 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2019-01-03 06:07:34+00:00

And the company went bankrupt (if it wasn't bailed out by MS).

equalunique | karma 1060 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2018-06-06 20:40:26+00:00

So did this have anything to do with the Microsoft buyout?

tsunamifury | karma 6581 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2024-05-29 02:02:19

And now it looks like they will fold under Sam and Microsoft still will be able to scoop up the talent and tech.

aizyuval | karma 84 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2023-11-18 06:02:21

I guess this is what happens when you sell your company to Microsoft.

3am | karma 1656 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2012-09-08 18:44:51+00:00

This looks a lot like the behavior of a certain Redmond based company 15 years ago.

mock-possum | karma 1550 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2023-11-30 01:17:41

They were about to quit *to work for Microsoft.

whoisthemachine | karma 1189 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2023-03-19 12:09:15

My instinct is that this is maybe similar - could it be the last desperate acts of a department or departments within Microsoft to justify their value?

protomyth | karma 49943 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2011-05-26 14:58:03

Isn't there anyone left at Microsoft who could run the company? I know there has been some serious house cleaning / fleeing, but isn't there someone who could take over?

chrisallick | karma 414 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2020-10-27 04:10:51

Would this have happened if they hadn't sold to Microsoft?

borplk | karma 2406 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2018-04-03 08:31:23+00:00

They sold to Microsoft. My guess is Microsoft is going to kill it.

rasz_pl | karma 1849 | avg karma 0.86 · | 2016-07-17 10:24:02

nah, Microsoft revealed they outsourced all the financial risk to a "partner" and didnt care for it :-)

throwaway_5753 | karma 147 | avg karma 3.97 · | 2023-11-20 02:00:43

Wonder how long this will last. This team doesn't seem like a good fit for big corp Microsoft.

Good get by MS though!

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layer8 | karma 23301 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2022-08-21 12:35:09

The same seems to have happened at Microsoft for Windows.

chopin | karma 3564 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2020-10-28 08:28:05

Microsoft has been broken up?