Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Valentine has left the building
WinInfo | at | by Mike
We may never know exactly what happened, but Microsoft VP Brian Valentine has abruptly left Microsoft after being reassigned to an undisclosed job outside of the Windows Division. My guess is that Valentine was either uninterested in his new job or, more probably, that Microsoft didn't really have a new job for him at all and Windows boss Steven Sinofsky was simply ousting Valentine as part of his restructuring of the Windows business. Valentine, curiously, has already found a new job at nearby Seattle-area e-tailer Amazon.com. While I'm sure selling books will be just as exciting as shipping software, I'll be curious to see how long Valentine, a large personality himself, will last in the cult of Bezos. My guess is we're not looking at a best seller here.