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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by uptown on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:50AM (#29979010)
Corporate speak sometimes requires you to read between the lines.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:55AM (#29979099)
Thats what I thought. A CEO reporting to a CEO isnt going to end well.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:58AM (#29979145)
Who exactly do you think the CEO of Microsoft Gaming reports to? This is a pretty common corporate structure. I've worked under a total of 4 CEOs in a hierarchy before (CEO of an investment firm reports to CEO of the owning bank's European investment division reports to CEO of Europe reports to actual CEO).
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:00AM (#29979166)
CEO within CEO is for separate Business Units or divisions, which is clearly not the case here.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:23AM (#29979529)
How is Activision Blizzard not a business unit?
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:28AM (#29981531)
It probably isnt and it should become an integral part of Microsoft Gaming within 3-6 months. There is nothing dramatically different between it and other gaming projects/units in MS Gaming. This is not a large enterprise acquiring a startup and letting them run independently.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mbg721 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:57AM (#29979127)
Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains.
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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:55AM (#29979100)
There's nothing to read into. He is categorically going to being staying on.
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