Microsoft Corp. announced a major shakeup in its Windows division yesterday, just 48 hours after it disappointed consumers and PC makerswith a delay of its next operating system, Windows Vista.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant promoted a longtime manager of Microsoft Office, Steven J. Sinofsky, to take the helm of planning for future versions of Windows operating systems as head of the Windows and Windows Live group. James E. Allchin, a longtime Windows executive and the co-president of a broader division that includes Sinofsky's group, will step down at the end of the year in a previously announced retirement.
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