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the heels of the week of news of the variety of Microsoft executive departures and reshufflings,Office Professional Plus 2010, a further has come to light. Rob Quick, Corporate Vice President for Windows Core, has resigned from your enterprise. Short’s departure won’t make anywhere near the headlines that Microsoft President Jeff Raikes’ planned September 2008 parting has,Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus, Short’s leaving is still big news for anyone with Windows interests. was a key member of Microsoft’s Core Operating System Division (COSD) team. COSD is charged with “the design, development and testing of the core components of the Microsoft Windows operating system: the operating system core, virtual machine technology,Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007, input/output subsystems and the core device drivers,” according to Short’s (still-existent) bio on Microsoft’s corporate Web site. was created in December 2003 under former Microsoft President Jim Allchin’s watch to ensure Windows “engineering excellence.” In forming COSD, Allchin hand-picked a team, almost all of whom were Windows client and/or server veterans with impressive and lengthy pedigrees, to focus on improving the core components of Windows. Specifically: the kernel, I/O (input/output) system; core devices; setup; and all the build properties. is currently headed by Senior Vice President Jon DeVaan,Windows 7, who reports directly to Microsoft Platforms & Services President Kevin Johnson. COSD is not part of the Windows client or Windows Server teams,Windows 7 Home Premium, but its engineers work hand-in-hand with developers in both of those groups. joined Microsoft 20 years ago from Digital Equipment Corp. and was part of the first Windows NT development team. confirmed that Quick officially left the business in December 2007 and declined to say more. to sources close to the business, Quick has been on leave for the past year and was expected to return to Microsoft at the end of 2007. Quick allegedly told management that he was not coming back at the end of last year.