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A source with knowledge of the planned downsizing told TechCrunch that [Microsoft] would lay off "thousands" of staff across the world. The restructuring is set to include an organizational merger that involves its enterprise customer unit and one or more of its SME-focused divisions. The changes are set to be announced this coming week, we understand.
Microsoft declined to comment.
[...] Bloomberg said the redundancies would be "some of the most significant in the sales force in years."
[...] Last year, Microsoft announced that it would cut 2,850 jobs — including at least 900 from its sales group, according to The Seattle Times — having two months earlier said it would let go of 1,850 staff related to its smartphone business. In July 2015, it made 7,800 job cuts and wrote down $7.6 billion of its Nokia acquisition.
Source: TechCrunch
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 05 2017, @08:58PM
...and there go the salesmen out the door.
(Traditionally, a large part of M$'s business model.)
Now, with fewer M$ salesmen to bribe company purchasing agents with steak dinners, will desktop FOSS see a jump in acceptance in corporations?
(These days, it's increasingly difficult to find a business which isn't using Linux on its servers.
...and, of course, a Linux kernel on its handhelds.)
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