>Do you think it is fair to say that a fair amount of folks bailed on MS because they wanted a change or because they did not believe in MS's direction? Or, they believed in MS's direction, they just did not believe in the way MS was going about in attempting to achieve its goals.

Or, after watching MS' stagnant stock price for long enough decided that their mediocre salaries were not enough compensation to keep them from jumping ship?

I don't know, but I wouldn't read too much into this piece of news...