Microsoft's Key Windows Architect Defects To Google

According to Microsoft Watch, Mark Lucovsky, one of Microsoft's key Windows architects, has defected to Google. A 16-year Microsoft veteran, Lucovsky was one of a handful of "Distinguished Engineers" at Microsoft. He Mark Lucovsky recently said I am not sure I believe anymore, that Microsoft "knows how to ship software". Why Google would need a Windows architect? It seems that Google's architecture is based on Linux solutions. But as someone says on Slashdot: Google is setting out to build a web service infrastructure, powered by its 100,000 node (at last count) Linux supercomputer. And after all, this guy's job (Mark Lucovsky's job) at Microsoft was to build a web infrastructure. Via John Battelle Olivier Duffez is an SEO consultant specialized on Google. Working on the Internet since 1997, he created in 2002 Web Rank Expert. He created an book about Google and SEO in 2004. He's also part of the developpment team of Agent Web Ranking softwares.