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Fun question: How many people work on Windows CE?

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Posted by: Sue Loh

C'mon.  Give it a guess.  How many jelly beans are in the jar?  I want to know what you think.  A count of Microsoft full-time employees.  Oh and be specific whether you're talking about *WINDOWS CE* or *WINDOWS MOBILE* as a whole.

People who work for Microsoft: hey don't spoil the fun by answering if you have a good idea.  Guesses from eMVPs are welcome though.

I'm also curious about the reasons behind your guesses.  Your take on how big a team must be in order to produce this product?  Your perception based on newsgroup / blog participation?  How many people you met at conferences and trade shows?  Something else?

I guess the reason behind this question is my curiosity about the effectiveness and extent of our community participation.  How much of a "human" side we have.  Are we all the Borg Collective to you folks out there?  I know, it's really a completely different topic but it led me to this question.  I'm interested in discussing it, though, if you are.

Eventually I'll go walk through our org chart and post what I think the answer is.  I'm too lazy right at this moment.  =)  It will, of course, be an unofficial answer and has the potential to be wildly inaccurate.

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  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2005
    Actually, that may be information Microsoft doesn't want me to give to you. I may have to instead make my own guess, which will almost certainly be inaccurate. And to make it easier (since team definitions can be fuzzy), I'll guess about the total number of people working on Windows CE plus Windows Mobile.
  • Anonymous
    September 08, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2005
    Your blog is as popular among WM (I can vouch for one such group)developers as it is with Core OS developers. I guess in WM there are teams dedicated to different OEM's which might justify their size. OEM's like the one I work for customize OAL among other things and this is where we derive wisdom from your posts.

    Blog on !!!