Two of the people who saved Windows -- Jon DeVaan and Grant George, who delivered Windows 7 from the jaws of Windows infamy -- left the company earlier this week. Two more -- Julie Larson-Green and Jensen Harris -- whom many blame, er, "credit" with the Office ribbon and Windows tinker toy tiles, have found new homes buried deep in corporate nowhere land. Former Windows chief Steve Sinofsky jumped ship more than a year ago, probably because he was denied Ballmer's CEO brass ring. And Antoine Leblond of the original Office 95-2007/Windows 7-8 inner circle remains missing in action.
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