Microsoft layoffs also affect several products

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Microsoft layoffs also affect several products

« Posted: May 07, 2009, 11:33:34 AM »

Microsoft layoffs also affect several products

Remember those 2nd round of layoffs Microsoft started as part of its plan to cut 5,000 jobs? Well it seems that not only were individual employees were affected, but entire products as well. According to both Cnet News and Liveside, the services Microsoft will be scaling back, but not eliminating completely include ResponsePoint phone system, its .Net Micro Framework, and its MSN Direct Service. The entire editorial staff of MSDN Magazine and Tech-Net magazine were also eliminated, although it is uncertain if the magazines themselves survived. Windows, Office, Windows Live, and Live Search were mostly unaffected. While 1,200 of those cuts came from Redmond, WA, other offices were hit including India, Ireland and the UK. Read full story...

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