Microsoft;s marketing models are just 1 of quite a few that had been impacted heavily through the 2nd wave of Microsoft layoffs introduced on Could possibly 5. Response Stage, Microsoft;s small-business telephone staff, also took a hit.Around the Mini-Microsoft weblog, quite a few anonymous posters made it sound as if Microsoft has killed the Response Level crew and item. But a Microsoft spokesperson stated this isn't the case.In response to my concerns regarding the team and its fate, right here is what Microsoft is declaring:“While the Response Level group was impacted by yesterday;s job eliminations,
Microsoft Office Professional 2010, the comments in Mini are not correct.- We will continue to support Response Stage version one.0. and the current OEMs,
Microsoft Office Home And Student 2010, Service Providers and resellers that are selling it. Customers will continue to be supported through their OEMs.
- We will also continue to promote the item online and spotlight compatible 3rd party services and add-on products.
- The team is evaluating the strategy for the next version of the item and will continue to investigate the opportunity in the tiny company market.
- The Response Level staff has not been moved to another division.”(According to posts on Mini-Microsoft,
Office Standard 2010, the Response Point team was, most recently, part of the Startup Company Accelerator incubator under Sanjay Parthasarathy. No official word so far on whether MSN Direct and the .Net Micros Framework, which posters on Mini also identified as Parthasarathy projects that got the axe,
Genuine Office 2007, actually did.)Last I heard, the Response Position staff was hard at work on the next version of Response Stage, code-named “Austin.” Based on this new information from Microsoft, it;s not clear when and if that release still will come to market.Microsoft released Response Point one.0 in October 2007. The item,
Windows 7 Discount, which offered VOIP calling and a voice-activated user interface, is aimed at companies with 1 to 50 phones. Response Point OEMs — including D-Link, Uniden, Quanta Computer and Aastra, bundle Microsoft;s Response Level software with their telephone systems.“Evaluating the strategy for the next version of the product” doesn;t mean Response Position is definitely going forward (since one option could be to discontinue it). But that;s all Microsoft is saying publicly at the moment….