Windows chief Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft: Did he quit, or was he fired?

[T6]

"In a rather unexpected shakeup, Steven Sinofsky — the head of Windows — has departed from Microsoft, effective immediately. He is succeeded by Julie Larson-Green (Sinofsky’s second-in-command and head of UX for Windows 7 and Windows , and Tami Reller — the Windows CFO — will see her role expand to encompass “the business of Windows.”

The question on everyone’s lips, of course, is whether Sinofsky left on his own accord, or if he was fired."

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/140266-windows-chief-steven-sinofsky-leaves-microsoft-did-he-quit-or-was-he-fired

     

[Mike]

And another one bites the dust!!   Might be the next Open Source guru!    (ok ok, I am being sarcastic) 
Perhaps he has seen the light and got out in time to miss the collapse of 8 and the system too..

[T6]

"Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is said to have let go of Steven Sinofsky, former president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, as he was too divisive, according to Cnet.

A Microsoft executive familiar with the senior management stressed that there wasn't a single event that led to Sinofsky's departure after the launch of Windows 8. Instead, it's said that the relationship between Ballmer and Sinofsky deteriorated as the development on the firm's latest operating system progressed.

Sources suggest the two executives came to a number of disagreements in the past months. Although Ballmer wanted Sinofsky to exit the software giant, Microsoft stressed that the decision was mutual."

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Steve-Ballmer-Microsoft-Windows-Sinofsky,19099.html

i see this comments as "blame that guy and fire him"

i know that he wasn't the only guy taking decisions and, seeing how things progressed from xp to win 7, things have been done step by step, removing, replacing and renaming things with the final complete craziness win 8 is

[Just17]

Open Letter to fellow ex-Microsoftie Steven Sinofsky

http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=3040

[bicol_willem]

Well since Mr. Sinofsky was no less then a Windows exec. I, for one, am happy he buggered off one way or another! 

[T6]

the start button could return

"Now that former Windows Division president Steven Sinofsky is out of the picture, there's speculation that Microsoft may add the traditional Start menu back into the Windows platform. Currently Microsoft isn't commenting on the subject, but an article published by USA Today points to the possibility."

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Start-Menu-Windows-8-Steven-Sinofsky-Steve-Ballmer-Stardock,19161.html

[Just17]

If they bring back the 'start' button, will they take the opportunity to rename one wonders ....

[weirdwolf]

If I was guessing , I say Fired
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/11/why-steven-sinofsky-is-out-at-microsoft/

[joechimp]

THought I just read all this but this is a different thread.

[Linux-Blue]

Im thinking the same. I recall a question farther down, "did he quit or was fired?"