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Re:Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than y... by dredmorbius on Sunday November 17, 2013 @07:48AM (#6748683)
It's not without some irony that I note Vic Gundotra's name has been circulated as a candidate for the Microsoft CEO position.

In some ways I feel he'd be the perfect successor to the legacies of Gates and Ballmer.

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Re:Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than y... by scholia on Sunday November 17, 2013 @01:51PM (#6750210)
Gundotra spent 15 years at Microsoft before joining Google.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Gundotra "Before joining Google, he was a general manager at Microsoft.[3] He joined Microsoft in 1991 and eventually became General Manager of Platform Evangelism. His duties included promoting Microsoft's APIs and platforms to independent developers and helping to develop a strategy for Windows Live online services to compete with Google's web-based software applications.[4] Gundotra joined Google in June 2007, after taking a one-year delay working on charitable endeavors[which?] due to a Microsoft employee non-compete agreement."

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Re:Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than y... by yapcguy on Sunday November 17, 2013 @07:51PM (#6751857)
Maybe he never left Microsoft?

Maybe his true mission is to keep tabs on Google and given the opportunity, create long-term strategic blunders?

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Re:Ask HN: Google employees, why is G+ more important than y... by scholia on Monday November 18, 2013 @12:07PM (#6755332)
No, but Google has quite a few ex-Microsoft staff. I wonder if they are able to get away with things at Google that they couldn't at Microsoft? ;-)
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