Ray Ozzie out as Microsoft CSA - pursuing entertainment projects

Microsoft announced today that Ray Ozzie plans to step down from his position as Chief Software Architect for the company. He will stay with Microsoft to assist in a transition period, helping teams and ongoing projects before focusing on new entertainment projects for the Redmond, Wash.-based company. As Chief Software Architect, Ozzie took on some of the software visionary work of company founder Bill Gates, pushed Microsoft into its Azure cloud computing effort, and promoted Software as a Service as well as could migration.

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