Microsoft has Ray Ozzie, though, and he seems to be coming into his own.

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And in 2005, Microsoft acquired Groove Networks and named its founder, Ray Ozzie, as its chief technical officer.

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He talked about moving into cloud computing, and was aided onstage by chief software architect Ray Ozzie, who talked about flexibility of purpose and output for all kinds of consumers and businesses.

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So did Ray Ozzie chose to leave Microsoft?

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Ray Ozzie created Groove.

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Ray Ozzie created Lotus Notes.

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