Anyone have any thoughts about Robbie Bach and J. Allard leaving the company? Any thoughts on the folks taking over for them?
Microsoft is losing two high-profile executives. Both J. Allard, “Chief Experience Offer” and Entertainment and Device Division’s CTO, and Robbie Bach, President of Entertainment and Devices Division, are leaving the company per a Steve Ballmer email from this morning. These are the guys behind the Xbox, Zune, Project Natal, and the dead Courier project — so basically all of Microsoft’s hit entertainment projects from the last decade.Full article from CrunchBase along with Steve Ballmer e-mail to the company here:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/05/25/microsofts-j-allard-and-robbie-bach-are-leaving-the-company/