msn microsoft opinion poll

[♞Rift♞]

if you think msn is owned operated and ran by microsoft select yes, if not no, if you dont care, dont vote. also, this thread is not for debate for either supporting side to save it from being cluttered, so leave all posts to be general chit chat under this post to save from heated discussion and any agitated discussion.

[Josh]

Well doesn't it stand for Microsoft........something......Network? lol *shrugs* I put yes <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/blum.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':P\' />

[Tami]

Easy enough to settle: [url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Microsoft_Corporation\"]List of assets owned by Microsoft Corporation[/url]

[Sylo-X-]

Okay well as was said in the discussion in the room. MSN IS owned by Microsoft. But that doesn't mean they run it. We determined that it was a sister company and had its own employees and own executives the run under the Microsoft Corp. But they have their own funding and own administration

[♞Rift♞]

that's what the 'no' radio button is for in the poll <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

[Tami]

In the corporate world, no satellite company is truly independent of its parent, especially in publicly traded corporations such as Microsoft. Yes, it will have its own funding to an extent, its own employees and administration, but that administration, as evidenced below in Microsoft's corporate structure, report to and are involved in the running of the parent, which in this case is the Microsoft Corporation.

[url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft\"]Corporate structure[/url]

The company is run by a Board of Directors consisting of ten people, made up of mostly company outsiders (as is customary for publicly traded companies). Current members of the board of directors are: Steve Ballmer, James Cash, Jr., Dina Dublon, Bill Gates, Raymond Gilmartin, Reed Hastings, David Marquardt, Charles Noski, Helmut Panke, and Jon Shirley. The ten board members are elected every year at the annual shareholders' meeting, and those who do not get a majority of votes must submit a resignation to the board, which will subsequently choose whether or not to accept the resignation. There are five committees within the board which oversee more specific matters. These committees include the Audit Committee, which handles accounting issues with the company including auditing and reporting; the Compensation Committee, which approves compensation for the CEO and other employees of the company; the Finance Committee, which handles financial matters such as proposing mergers and acquisitions; the Governance and Nominating Committee, which handles various corporate matters including nomination of the board; and the Antitrust Compliance Committee, which attempts to prevent company practices from violating antitrust laws.

There are several other aspects to the corporate structure of Microsoft. For worldwide matters there is the Executive Team, made up of sixteen company officers across the globe, which is charged with various duties including making sure employees understand Microsoft's culture of business. The sixteen officers of the Executive Team include the Chairman and Chief Software Architect, the CEO, the General Counsel and Secretary, the CFO, [b]senior and group vice presidents from the business units[/b], the CEO of the Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions; and the heads of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services; Human Resources; and Corporate Marketing. In addition to the Executive Team there is also the Corporate Staff Council, which handles all major staff functions of the company, including approving corporate policies. The Corporate Staff Council is made up of employees from the Law and Corporate Affairs, Finance, Human Resources, Corporate Marketing, and Advanced Strategy and Policy groups at Microsoft. Other Executive Officers include the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the various product divisions, leaders of the marketing section, and the CTO, among others