These Were Sinofsky's Final Words to Microsoft Employees

Microsoft's former Windows boss is now no longer a part of the world's largest software company. Here is his letter to all Microsoft employees (via WinSuperSite).

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  • Skeete_UK
    Sent from Surface RT ... nice touch
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  • enzed
    I understand where Sinofsky is coming from with this letter, but the fact that he left a month after the release of W8 is just too much of a coincidence to ignore.
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  • dr-hoads
    Not sure what to believe, but I think that it was nice that he saw win8 and surface to completion. I think it is WAY to early to tell if they are a failure or not. Surface PRO is not even out yet, and I am going to buy me one of those!! :-)
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  • djscribbles
    enzedI understand where Sinofsky is coming from with this letter, but the fact that he left a month after the release of W8 is just too much of a coincidence to ignore.
    If he left during the development of Surface RT, that would be too much to ignore. More likely, he's gone through a lot to deliver the product; with the completion of a big task, you have to ask what's next...

    It may simply be that he's flippin' rich now, and would like to spend more time with his family rather than chase after more money.
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  • Jump before this ship sinks. Smart guy.
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  • georgefrommanagement
    Personally I think he was going for the CEO position back when Gates retired, and decided to stay and release windows 8 when he didn't get it. Coordinating the entire windows division is probably just as hard as running a medium sized company. He probably felt qualified
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  • Devoteicon
    djscribblesIt may simply be that he's flippin' rich now, and would like to spend more time with his family rather than chase after more money.Apple: That makes no sense.
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  • aracheb
    dont find it weird if you see him hired as new Apple Chief on product development or even CEO
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  • slabbo
    arachebdont find it weird if you see him hired as new Apple Chief on product development or even CEOWell, he does wear that dark sweater well...
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  • damianrobertjones
    enzedI understand where Sinofsky is coming from with this letter, but the fact that he left a month after the release of W8 is just too much of a coincidence to ignore.
    He's apparently quite an aggressive guy so he would have cracked skulls during the run up to the WIN 8 release... it probably got noticed.
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