Microsoft has hired absent yet a lot more Yahoo execs,
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Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Business, a previous Softie has resurfaced at Juniper Networks, where she is working for former Microsoft president Kevin Johnson. Gerri Elliott, who headed Microsoft;s Worldwide Public Sector business enterprise until December 2008, is Juniper;s new Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances.