http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/tags/Self/default.aspxTags: Selfen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2008/01/18/time-for-a-change.aspxSat, 19 Jan 2008 07:03:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:7156851rflaming3http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/comments/7156851.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/commentrss.aspx?PostID=7156851<P>For me it's been just about three years on the <A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team">Windows Installer team</A>.&nbsp; As other Microsoft-ies will tell you, after three years on a team, it's common to take stock and look around.&nbsp; After some reflection, it's time for a change.</P> <P>The Windows Installer team has been great.&nbsp; The technology itself is tough to own.&nbsp; Being the Windows Installer PM, thus the face of Windows Installer, is tougher by yet another order of magnitude.</P> <P>If you've read the book <A class="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball">Moneyball</A>&nbsp;by <A class="" href="http://literati.net/Lewis/" mce_href="http://literati.net/Lewis/">Michael Lewis</A>, perhaps you remember the multiple stories around the "curse of talent".&nbsp;As with baseball, experts can look at Windows Installer, appreciate it's many talents and dream of what it could be.&nbsp; </P> <P>As Monday is the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in the US, his <A class="" href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/King//publications/sermons/680303.000_Unfulfulled_Dreams.html" mce_href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/King//publications/sermons/680303.000_Unfulfulled_Dreams.html">sermon titled "Unfulfilled Dreams"</A> is an appropriate read.&nbsp; </P> <P>C’est la vie.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7156851" width="1" height="1">Self