[canistr]

Wadhwa mostly fails to address that Microsoft (prior to a couple of weeks ago) was already "broken" up and organized by business groups (or customer segments) in much the same way he is proposing (Xbox = IEB, Online Services = Bing, Windows = Windows, Office = Office, etc).

I realize he is proposing an entire break-up, but I would have liked it if he had approached the problem providing the context of the difference between his proposed plan and the business unit separation. Afterall, Microsoft is famous for teams fighting each other for power and resources and meanwhile still requiring cooperation.