David Stutz Leaves Microsoft
David Stutz was one of the few technical guys at Microsoft that really understood the profound effects of the Internet and “open source community” on the computing industry. It’s a very sad day at Microsoft when someone like David decides to leave. In his leave email, Stutz lays out a good argument for why Microsoft is losing the software innovation battle to the open source community and why the future of computing is distributed, decentralized. It’s definitely a must read piece.
I share Stutz’s views on Microsoft and how it needs to evolve to continue it’s Windows franchise in a distributed computing world. I respect Stutz for putting his thoughts in writing and sharing them with the public. Most people at Microsoft will probably not understand that he’s trying to help them succeed rather than just being critical.