Microsoft's announcement of a dramatic reorganization sparked a flurry of chatter in the blogosphere.
The company's shift to a structure consisting of three major divisions came alongside news that Jim Allchin, the head of Windows development, will retire when Vista is released. The announcement of Allchin's upcoming exit alone was enough to get Microsoft watchers talking, since he has largely guided the direction that Windows has taken over the years.
But one of the newly formed divisions in particular is leading to speculation about Microsoft's plans for the future. That Microsoft has folded its MSN group into its platform product development group is a signal that the company is reacting to Google's dominance on the Web front and will use the new group to compete in the realm of on-demand software
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