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According to Thurnott’s Brad Sams, big changes could be coming to Windows: Microsoft is planning to shake up the entire team after the release of Redstone 5, otherwise known as the October 2018 Windows 10 Update. While Sams doesn’t think there will be layoffs, the crowd will be “thinned out” and positions will be diminished and/or shuffled about. This would support the idea that the role of Windows within Microsoft is changing.
“I’m also hearing from somebody who’s become quite reliable lately, there might be a re-org inside the Windows world after Redstone 5 ships. This might be actually how Terry Myerson eventually exits is after that’s done, and then his role is diminished. Just people moving about, just more product lines, like Azure and Office and maybe kind of thinning out the Windows crowd. I don’t think there’s gonna be layoffs, not trying to say that, but they’re going to be just shuffling some people around.”
“I’m also hearing from somebody who’s become quite reliable lately, there might be a re-org inside the Windows world after Redstone 5 ships. This might be actually how Terry Myerson eventually exits is after that’s done, and then his role is diminished. Just people moving about, just more product lines, like Azure and Office and maybe kind of thinning out the Windows crowd. I don’t think there’s gonna be layoffs, not trying to say that, but they’re going to be just shuffling some people around.”