Microsoft just laid off its best presenter

A staple of Microsoft’s recent press conferences has been Bryan Roper, the exuberant man wearing a trilby who was able to do a better job than anyone else on the planet at getting people excited about minor Windows features. But it looks like we’ve seen the last of him at Microsoft: Roper tweeted out today that he’s been laid off, as part of around 700 jobs being cut this week.

It’s a bit of a surprise to see Microsoft let go of such a recognizable and well-liked, if also often-mocked, face of the company. Microsoft loved Roper enough that it published a feature-length story about the strange circumstances that brought him from working at “a cruise ship piano lounge” to Microsoft’s marketing team. The company even called him a “rock...

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