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NewsTop Level Microsoft Exec Jumps Ship, Lands at Juniper

Posted 07/24/08 at 01:29:56 PM by Paul Lilly

Microsoft this week bids farewell to Kevin Johnson, the now former president of its platfroms and services division. During Johnson's tenure, many thought he would one day succeed CEO Steve Ballmer, and together the two of them played a major role in the company's pursuit of Yahoo.

This isn't the first defelction in recent times, as earlier this year Senior VP Steven Berkowitz announced plans to leave Microsoft by the end of the summer. And with Bill Gates having gone into semi-retirement, the face of Microsoft is beginning to look much different than it did just one year ago.

 Find out why Johnson's announcement comes ill-timed for Microsoft after the jump. Touché?

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