M ICROSOFT'S latest demoralising announcement (additional layoffs) has been covered quite widely and Boycott Novell was probably first to report it, thanks to comments from Mini-Microsoft's blog (a reader alerted us about an insider leaking the date). After this latest round of layoffs one can find many more links in Mini-Microsoft's blog, but more important are the many comments there, including a majority from employees. They love exposing their bosses and someone has suggested that Alex from MSN AdCenter is out. Another person says that "Alex is being "promoted" to become CTO of Microsoft's Online Services Division." Would this type of shuffle indicate that Microsoft's Online Services Division lost or fired the former CTO? This does not bode well for Microsoft's online ambitions. Other commenters indicate that Microsoft Learning suffers from the layoffs and that O'Reilly has something to do with it.