Am I the only one who finds Ray's language hard to parse?<p>In the first few paragraphs alone, Ozzie uses:<p><pre><code> - the realm of the service-centric ‘seamless OS’
- shifted Office from being PC-centric toward now also robustly spanning the web
- intrapreneurial leaders stepped up to build and deliver an innovative service
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I'm reminded of this recent John Gruber quip on Microsoft's "language problem": <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/10/11/microsoft-language" rel="nofollow">http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/10/11/microsoft-langua...</a><p>What do they feed people in Redmond that makes them such ineffective writers?
I find it striking that the biggest, tangible impact that everyone has pointed to when discussing Ozzie's career at Microsoft is some memo that he wrote 5 years ago.
I found that my eyes were unable to focus on any of the text within fifteen seconds of opening this link. Buzzwords floated in and out of view as I scrolled from top to bottom at speed.
<i>"Certain of our competitors’ products and their rapid advancement & refinement of new usage scenarios have been quite noteworthy. Our early and clear vision notwithstanding, their execution has surpassed our own in mobile experiences, in the seamless fusion of hardware & software & services, and in social networking & myriad new forms of internet-centric social interaction."</i><p>Ouch!<p>Coming from the Chief Software Architect, that's quite an indictment.