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Steve Ballmer's Entire Memo to the Microsoft Troops About Layoffs and Weak Results

 
From All Things Digital, Jan. 22, 2009: Here is the full memo from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about the 5,000 layoffs and cost cuts just announced, due to economic slowdown, which also resulted its weak financial results for the second quarter. ... (link)

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