“It was sad to see Ray leave. His original vision and what Microsoft delivered were becoming more disparate by the day,” said Ray Wang of Altimeter Group, quoted in ReadWriteWeb. “His efforts will be best known for getting Microsoft to back Azure and move to the cloud.”
Ozzie’s departure is the third in a string of senior exits from Microsoft. Stephen Elop, the head of enterprise group, departed in September to head up Nokia and entertainment and devices chief Robbie Bach is also about to retire.
Microsoft shares dropped 2.32% in after-hours trading following the news.
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