To: Jeffrey Epsteinljeevacation©gmail.com] From: Melanie Walker Sent: Fri 11/16/2012 2:39:12 AM Subject: FW: Office Hours Posts - (Not) A very special post Confidential please... From: Steven Sinofsky Sent: 11/15/2012 5:58 PM To: Melanie Walker Subject: FW: Office Hours Posts - (Not) A very special post Sent from Windows Mail From: Steven Sinofsky Sent: November 15, 2012 5:52 PM To: Windows and Windows Live Senior Managers Subject: FW: Office Hours Posts - (Not) A very special post hey there...I wanted to share one last blog post with you. this has a compendium of all the blogs as well, which folks might find helpful. I would encourage you to share it with folks. I won't say goodbye, since we'll see each other. But I think ' in order. This is also m last stevesi mail :- Please use or or :-) It has been an emotional week for us and for the team, and many across the company. I've been completely overwhelmed by the outpouring from all parts of the company. I have been speechless, humbled, and grateful. If you're interested, I am more than happy to share an anonymized compendium of emails I have received. It is inspiring and more. The announcement by most accounts did not go as planned. But that doesn't really change what the plans were. I needed a break. I need to find a new way to learn from the outside and immerse myself without the constraints of such a senior role. Our plans at home are taking a different course, as you know. The time was just right. The desire for a new view internally is there, as well as the challenges. All of this made the decision "easy". When talking and mailing with folks broadly, I have been asked a lot about the vitriolic press and how people can rationalize that press, or even just the different stories of my resignation, with their view of reality. I don't have an easy answer. It obviously hurts my feelings and doesn't align with my view of things either. But importantly, I want folks to know it doesn