Redmond Rocks Consumer Division -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Redmond Rocks Consumer Division

Somebody had to shoulder the blame for the Zune. It turns out that Robbie Bach and J Allard will depart -- on good terms, Microsoft says -- after a couple of decades each in Redmond. They leave behind them a mixed record at best in developing consumer applications. The Xbox is cool but rarely, if ever, profitable. And the Zune…well, we don't even have any jokes left for that device here.

Posted by Lee Pender on May 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM

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