M$ firing people is a shocker, and several of thoe folks are true attrition, not pink slips, buth ANY pink slips are still a shocker for the company, who has almost never fired people. I love the termed used in some overseas countries...redundancy. A company like M$ never had that, since they ALWAYS had more projects then people...not anymore. Looking at where the cuts are coming from, it's evident that some of it was punitive...you don't sack he head of a product eam, unless you're REALLY unhappy with the product they are putting out. Overall, I don't think much has changed for M$, they are just letting go of some deadweight, and using the cover of all these firing to justify it.
"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."
- From By Schism Rent Asunder
