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Microsoft Software Head Ray Ozzie Steps Down (MSFT)Oct 19, 2010 (SmarTrend News Watch via COMTEX) -- 10/19/2010-Bill Gates' successor as Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, is stepping down from his position at the company after five years of service. In an e-mail sent to MSFT employees, CEO Steve Ballmer announced the change, saying that Ozzie would remain on at MSFT for the transition period. Ballmer added that the company wasn't looking for a replacement. Ozzie headed the effort to migrate to cloud computing after joining the company in 2005 when Microsoft bought Ozzie's collaboration software company, Groove Networks. SmarTrend currently has Microsoft in an Uptrend. Since 2008, SmarTrend subscribers trading Microsoft using our alerts outperformed the stock by 220%. We are monitoring these developments and will alert subscribers to any change in trend. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.TradeTheTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.TradeTheTrend.com/signup |