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So long MacBU, Hello Hotmail

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Well, today was my last day in the Macintosh Business Unit. I've worked here ever since I joined over 5 years ago. I feel privileged to have worked with some of the folks who are still here or moved on before me. I had a truly amazing time working on OE, Entourage, IE, MSN, and Virtual PC. It's funny to think back of the days when I first joined. My first visit to Redmond, my first Release To Web, working on a top secret project (Entourage), and most recently learning an entirely new product. I'll always look back on these last 5 years as some of the best times in my life, and I'll very much miss the people.

The good news is that I'm not going far. Monday morning I'll be working one building over on the Hotmail Frontdoor team. I'll be a Lead Program Manager on the Frontdoor infrastructure. My team is responsible for things like DAV, Passport, POP, SMTP and various other Frontdoor protocols as well as a number of other things (many of which I don't know anything about). I'm happy that I'll be doing mail stuff again, but working on a service rather than a fat client. Plus I'll be working with Reeves Little again (Reeves used to be the Test Lead on OE, now a PM in Hotmail).

I decided to pursue this position for a number of reasons, and much of it has to do with where I want my career to go in my next 5 years at MS. I also find that I want new and different challenges. I've been working on Mac related software for a long time and am looking forward to something that's on a totally different scale ;-). Hotmail is something that I feel is a great match because of my backround in mail stuff and my interest in the stuff they are doing. I think the free mail space is getting even more competitive, and I love competition!

So, my office is all packed up (it all fix in 8 boxes!). Not that much stuff. I'm off to my 10 year high school reunion this weekend, and come Monday I'll be sitting in my new office.

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  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
    My wish-list:

    - IMAP support (a soft-spot for you, I know)
    - Bigger attachments.
    - More storage.
    - A lighter look for those with narrowband service (not me). The old pre-MSN Hotmail let you toggle different looks. One was a text-only mode.

    Good luck next door!

    //k
  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
    <sigh>...Dan and now you...I am depressed...you were my "IMAP Person" at the Mac BU..no really. When I started on the OE test team, you were the guy who helped me get my IMAP issues into something that could be actually fixed.

    you'll be missed man
  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
    That sounds great. Maybe you can show me how to talk to Hotmail using WebDAV so I can use my MSN storage for storing my feedlist when synchronizing with RSS Bandit.
  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
    <lemmings noise>
    Oh, no!!
    </lemmings noise>

    Not you too Omar!!! You will definitively be missed. Considering what you've accomplished with Entourage, does this mean that in a short wile Hotmail will be fast and secure ??? ;-)))

  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2004
    Awesome! Congratulations. Now you will be working on TWO of the software applications that I rely on daily.

    Based on the awesome work you've done with dasBlog, I'm looking forward to what you do with Hotmail.

    Good luck.
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    I wish you all the best in your new position, Omar. I'm sure all the Meanderthals join me in that wish.
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Congrats on the new position. Sounds interesting and fun. When you get to be a top dog at MS, I can say I knew you when.

    Best of luck!
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Well done! I remember when we were both on the list and still trying to complete our degrees. Now look how far we have come! Well done Omar! Now, I am waiting for you to publish that penetrating work on the culture of mailing lists....

    Cb
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Um...isn't Virtual PC currently unfinished and in a state of constant crashing?
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Uh oh, there goes the neighborhood. ;)

    (welcome aboard!)
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Add to the wish list:

    the ability to integrate MMS and SMS into hotmail so I can both send/receive SMS/MMS messages right in hotmail.

    And I really like the idea of being able to publish attachments.
  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2004
    Funny this should happen now O - I too am packing my bags.

    I will be leaving Las Cruces NM for Huntsville, AL for a promotion as well.

    So the best of luck to you my friend (WOW we have been so many places together O!)

    See you soon, and again, congratulations!

    Bob
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    June 08, 2009
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