ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Wednesday, February 21, 1996 TAG: 9602210040
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-6 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: REDMOND, WASH.
Microsoft Corp. announced internal changes Tuesday intended to sharpen its focus on Internet-related products.
There will be no reductions in the company's 21,000-person work force, and there will be no charge against earnings for the restructuring, company vice president Paul Maritz said.
The Platforms Group, responsible for Microsoft's core Windows product, is being realigned and its four divisions - business, consumer, developer and personal systems - reduced to three: Desktop and Business systems; Internet Platform and Tools; and Consumer Platforms.
Last week, Microsoft reorganized its Applications and Content Group, combining its Consumer Productivity Group with its Desktop Applications Division. It also dissolved its Consumer Division, putting its functions into a new Interactive Media Division, which includes its on-line Microsoft Network (MSN), games and kids' products, the MSNBC venture with NBC, and Microsoft's role in the Dreamworks Interactive joint venture
- Associated Press
LENGTH: Short : 30 linesby CNB