Don Ferguson (pictured), who guided IBM’s strategy and architecture for SOA and Web services, and co-authored many of the initial Web service specifications, has been hired by Microsoft. He is now Microsoft Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy, in the Office of the CTO.
As AJAXWorld 2007 (East) speaker and fellow Microsoftie Alex Barnett points out, Ferguson's old blog (and out-of-date bio) is currently still up at IBM.com, but his new bio is here at microsoft.com.
As AJAXWorld 2007 (East) speaker and fellow Microsoftie Alex Barnett points out, Ferguson's old blog (and out-of-date bio) is currently still up at IBM.com, but his new bio is here at microsoft.com.
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真是一则疯狂的消息，虽然此前MS曾得到过很多各个公司最高级别的技术人员，但多半是相对较小或者公司状况不好，难以实现那些人的理想抱负而转投微软，而这些情况都不存在在IBM。但MS依然得到了Don，相信在企业级的软件解决方案上会带来积极的效果。另一个问题，企业客户担心的并非仅仅是windows企业服务的软件方面的能力，更大程度上的可能是硬件可信赖度。当客户选择IBM或者HP的服务器时，不论MS的软件解决方案如何完美，那么都失去了基础。这可能是MS不可逾越的天花板。
