Wow! Pcmag reports that barely two weeks after playing a
prominent role in Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet,
Redmond veteran Steven Sinofsky is out as head of the Windows Division,
effective immediately.
Sinofsky, who led development and marketing of Microsoft's
flagship product for more than three years, joined the company as a software
design engineer in July 1989. His departure, announced late Monday, was abrupt
and took the tech and business worlds by surprise, with All Things D likening
the suddenness of the news to Apple's ouster of iOS chief Scott Forstall late
last month.
The tech site cited unnamed sources as saying that the
Microsoft executive's departure "came amid growing tension between
Sinofsky and other top executives." "Sinofsky, though seen as highly
talented, was viewed at the top levels as not the kind of team player that the company
was looking for….
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