Ray Ozzie: Who Can Keep Microsoft From "Growing Old Inside"?

Ray Ozzie (48), is a better bet as a successful leader in the coming era of Microsoft vs Google

Nov. 10, 2005 08:45 PM

Ever since its major reorg in September, sundry high-up Microsofties have undoubtedly been beavering away at devising the two internal memos conveniently "leaked" yesterday via the blogosphere and conventional print media alike.

In this analysis, published over at SYS-CON.com, I attempt to argue that one of the memo-authors, Ray Ozzie (48), is a better bet as a successful leader in the coming era of Microsoft vs Google than his close contemporaries Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer – because he's "associated somehow with the future more than the past and the present."

Will Ozzie's futurism be enough, though, given the business and technical energy pulsating through the Web 2.0 from the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA, where both founders Brin and Page are still both only an astonishingly young and vibrant 32?

posted Thursday, 10-Nov-2005 9 PM EST

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Jeremy Geelan is President & COO of Cloud Expo, Inc. and Conference Chair of the worldwide Cloud Expo series. He appears regularly at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of Cloud Expo's "Power Panels" on SYS-CON.TV.

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Ray Ozzie: Who Can Keep Microsoft From "Growing Old Inside"?

SYS-CON Australia News Desk wrote: Ray Ozzie: Who Can Keep Microsoft From "Growing Old Inside"? In this analysis, published over at SYS-CON.com, I attempt to argue that one of the memo-authors, Ray Ozzie (48), is a better bet as a successful leader in the coming era of Microsoft vs Google than his close contemporaries Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer ? because he's 'associated somehow with the future more than the past and the present.'