Jim Allchin, to some Microsoft's biggest geek after Bill Gates, is retiring at the end of 2006. His legacy: Windows on almost every desktop.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sweeping reorganisation of the company into three new divisions, a shift that will lead to the retirement of longtime Windows development chief Jim Allchin.
Microsoft is planning a management shake-up in its Windows division and will appoint Steve Sinofsky, currently head of the company's Office division, to oversee Windows development, according to a source close to the company.
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