Comparing the size of the Microsoft Office 12 code base to the human genome…
Just kidding! It’s just what I see in this picture. =)
Jeff Raikes gave an entertaining talk at EDAY today. He was the first Microsoft employee to receive stock options; he now runs the $10B Office product line. “There are 400 million Office users every day. 225 million of them have paid.”
When Jeff left Apple to join a 100 person company in 1981, Steve Jobs called him and was very unhappy. The quote he remembers vividly to this day: “Microsoft will go out of business.”
Other interesting observations:
• 25-30% of our time at work is spent looking for people and information.
• Email volume will go up 5x in the next 4 years.
• “This is a very competitive industry. Just ask Scott McNealy how he feels.”
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