Not wasting anytime with the release of Longhorn Microsoft is shifting around its work force. About 70 employees from Microsoft’s Research unit will be working on Longhorn now. They will put to use the techniques/technologies they created in Microsoft's Research unit. Looks like Microsoft is finally taking some more action rather than just talk about Longhorn.
Microsoft is shifting about 70 technical staff from its research unit into its Windows effort as the company gears up for Longhorn, the next major release of the operating system.
The developers, who had been studying various ways of improving programmer productivity, will now focus their efforts on improving all phases of Windows development, including design, testing and sustained engineering. The move is among the largest shifts of workers from the company's research unit to a product group.
"We're continuing to both grow and spin out organizations into the greater Microsoft, as time goes on," Microsoft Research head Rick Rashid said in a speech at yesterday's Microsoft Faculty Summit. The workers will be part of a new Center for Software Excellence, under the leadership of Corporate Vice President Amitabh Srivastava. "CSE now is going to be responsible for all of the key tools within Microsoft," Rashid said. About 25 other workers that had been working on the programmer productivity project will remain in Microsoft Research.
News source: C|Net News.com
Microsoft is shifting about 70 technical staff from its research unit into its Windows effort as the company gears up for Longhorn, the next major release of the operating system.
The developers, who had been studying various ways of improving programmer productivity, will now focus their efforts on improving all phases of Windows development, including design, testing and sustained engineering. The move is among the largest shifts of workers from the company's research unit to a product group.
"We're continuing to both grow and spin out organizations into the greater Microsoft, as time goes on," Microsoft Research head Rick Rashid said in a speech at yesterday's Microsoft Faculty Summit. The workers will be part of a new Center for Software Excellence, under the leadership of Corporate Vice President Amitabh Srivastava. "CSE now is going to be responsible for all of the key tools within Microsoft," Rashid said. About 25 other workers that had been working on the programmer productivity project will remain in Microsoft Research.
News source: C|Net News.com
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or they dont want it to suck!
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"Looks like Microsoft is finally taking some more action rather than just talk about Longhorn."
I guess the developers are happy too. At least I would find developing Longhorn more fun than a service pack.
I mean look at this one. The 'executive summary' is basically said in the first sentence of the actual artical. I don't think that there are many people here who need that sentence expanded and explained to them.
I know someone mentioned it when it first started happening, and at the time I didn't care either way but now they are just explaining the obvious. Soon we'll be seeing posts like...
Sources say that Microsoft have now released Windows XP Service Pack 2. This patch for the popular operating system will allow end users to enjoy a higher level of security and reliability...
...in fact, where the hell did the news about SP2 go?
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Some of the summaries are OK but I believe that they shouldn't just repeat the first paragraph of text. I'm sure I'm not the only person to think this.
I agree. Do we really need a commentary on these subjects? I've mentioned this before. These little self quotes seem to be nothing more than personal opinions. Just stick the headline up there, we don't need someone else's opinion at the beginning of the newstory.
Here's an easy flow chart for you. You can print it out and refer to it when visiting Neowin in the future.
Step 1: Read Headline.
If Interested, proceed to Step 2.
If Not Interested, proceed to Step 5.
Step 2: Read Executive Summary.
If Interested, proceed to Step 3.
If Not Interested, proceed to Step 5.
Step 3: Read Paragraphs of Story Listed on Main Page.
If Interested, proceed to Step 4.
If Not Interested, proceed to Step 5.
Step 4: Click on Soucre: Link to Read Complete News Story.
Step 5: Move on to Next News Post on Neowin.
I never thought I'd have to stop and spell it out for some people, but apparently some people feel they are trapped in a vicious cycle of having to read every letter posted on Neowin's main page.
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