"Vic Gundotra leaves Microsoft, Business 2.0 says, to take a year off and then head to Google"!!

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/28/technology/msft_brain_drain/index.htm?section=money_latest

I'm guessing the year off is to avoid that non-compete clause that caused that whole Kai-Fu Lee mess.

yes, thats corret Niraj.. theres always a caveat as a 1yr for these type of folks....!!