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-----Original Message----- From: profox-bounces (at) leafe .DO.T com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:23 PM To: profox (at) leafe .DO.T com Subject: Re: From product manager to product planner
Ken Levy wrote:
>>From my blog post at http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy > >After working as a product manager in the developer division for the >past 4.5 years, I've decided to accept an offer to work in a new >position at Microsoft. Starting in March, I will be a product planner >working on developer community efforts in a new group within the >Windows Live division. > >I'll definitely miss the regular interaction with VFP team members and >the great Visual FoxPro community. I've also had great experiences >working with the WebData XML team on the XML tools story for Visual >Studio 2005, doing some community work with the VB team, and helping >with content for Channel 9 both in front of and behind the camera. I >expect to continue to do interviews and be interviewed for Channel 9 >from time to time ongoing since it is such a great site for community >efforts and transparency. > >The Visual FoxPro Roadmap plans will remain the same. Some of my >regular VFP related efforts will be taken over by various members of >the VFP team. VS Data program manager Milind Lele, who worked on SP1 >for VFP 9.0 and spoke at the Southwest Fox 2005 conference, has been >responsible for driving the Sedna project since last year. Milind will >also be responsible for SP2 for VFP 9.0 which planned for release 2Q >2007. Alan Griver, group manager for the VS Data team which includes >the VFP team, will continue to manage all of the existing plans >outlined in the VFP Roadmap. In the next few days, Milind will be >posting his first letter on the VFP developer center and continue to >post a new letter monthly with news from the VFP team. Additional >related news can be found on the VS Data Team blog at >http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdata. VFP team members will be attending some >of the many VFP events this year. I plan to attend the Southwest Fox 2006 conference in Phoenix this October. > >I can't say much about my new role just yet. To get an idea of just >some of the developer centric things I'll be working on in the Windows >Live team, check out the recent 21 minute video by Robert Scoble on >Channel 9 interviewing my new manager, Windows Live group product >planner Scott Swanson (MSN Messenger APIs: >http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=144318#144318). Over the >next few weeks, I'll be posting additional news on what the VFP team is >working. Later I'll be talking more about my new activities with >Windows Live once I get started there. > >Ken Levy >Microsoft >http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy >http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro > >
Best of luck in your new endeavor, Ken. I'm sure we all wish you well as well as look forward to working with the next man to lead VFP.
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