Robert Levy
11-09-2003, 03:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33833.html' target='_blank'>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33833.html</a><br /><br /></div>"Juha Christensen, Microsoft's executive VP with responsibility for smartphones, is opting for a quieter life. From the end of this month he'll no longer have to endure ear-splitting motivational talks from Steve Ballmer, Microsoft confirmed today, as he's leaving the company. Christensen arrived with a bang three years ago. At Psion Software he helped coalesce major mobile phone rivals Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola to form Symbian, based around a common software platform for smartphones. Matsu****a and Sony subsequently signed up on his watch. After Bill Gates famously identified Symbian as his biggest competitive threat, Microsoft poached Juha to become the company's youngest Executive VP."