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Microsoft faces Google Brain Drain

It appears that Microsoft is facing more and more defections to Google from their top researchers and executives.

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Maybe we'll watch another

Maybe we'll watch another lawsuit ? Remember the last one ?

By Cristian Mezei at Jun 29 2006 - 18:54

nope

Quote:
Vic Gundotra, a general manager for platform evangelism at Microsoft and a 15-year employee, has agreed to join Google after first spending a year working on charitable endeavors, Business 2.0 has learned....Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla confirmed Gundotra's departure and says that the executive has a noncompete agreement with Microsoft preventing him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving the company.

He can learn.

By John Andrews at Jun 29 2006 - 21:11

after first spending a year

after first spending a year working on charitable endeavors

Managing google.org right ? That's charity too :D

By Cristian Mezei at Jun 29 2006 - 22:11

another big departure

http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2006/08/leaving-microsoft.html

... but not to G.

By mxk at Aug 10 2006 - 04:07