We may never know for sure, but it's pretty unusual for an valuable exec in charge of a very important product to just up and decide to take a break. There's probably drama here somewhere, whether it's ambition, friction with other execs, or Windows 8 market performance.
Larson-Green seems to have had a lot of input into Windows 8, so I suspect that last one isn't it.

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