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[ILoveBish]

Microsoft can now correct the error of their ways. Here is their chance.

 

[BritBloke916]

Ha! Ouch!!!

 

[JawzPause]

poor guy

 

[ChosenPredator]

I suppose he'll want to go out in a bang of glory

 

[blahatthat]

This is funny. lol

 

[Black Republican]

No street rep at all

 

[ComputerMKII]

They need a visionary to run a monster company like Microsoft.

But who that person will be ? i can't wait to know...

 

[Alaskanbullworm]

I like Ballmer, but they've needed fresh blood for awhile now

 

[m23]

I have a feeling the new CEO won't really focus on the Xbox division as much as we hope.

 

[twobear]

Probably chose.

I don't understand why GAF hates Ballmer.

It's not GAF that hates Ballmer, virtually every tech analyst I've read has said that he's been good at making money, but it's all short-termism and he left them in a very weak position to fight Apple and Google.

 

[monome]

big shoulders.

big, big, big shoulders.

whoever gets the job...is the next Steve Jobs or will be burned within a year.

 

[Ushae]

FINALLY !!!!!!

 

[iMax]

Bring back J Alard...wait wrong thread.

J Allard as CEO would be fucking incredible. He'd steer that ship right in a heartbeat, no question.

 

[LiK]

They should hire Shuhei Yoshida

 

[GameSeeker]

Great news for Microsoft shareholders! And maybe for employees too.

 

[Stealth_Cobra]

I'm going to miss insane steve...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

 

[Krisprolls]

Unlikely to find out in the short term anyway.

Obviously forced out. They've been trying to fire him for years.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

 

[Mael]

I have a feeling the new CEO won't really focus on the Xbox division as much as we hope.

Of course they won't!
That's what they should have done years ago to begin with!

 

[jagowar]

J Allard as CEO would be fucking incredible. He'd steer that ship right in a heartbeat, no question.

He would be my choice as well....

 

[iMax]

None of their products would ever ship.

 

[Tenki]

I don't think they'll ever find another guy as passionate about his work as Ballmer.

 

[DopeyFish]

I'd probably throw every I had at the company today

 

[statham]

wow, I wonder if they will fast-track Julie Larson-Green now.

 

[RumblePuff]

Good bye and good riddance. Couldn't fucking stand the guy.

I also suspect he didn't jump but was pushed.

 

[Berordn]

Probably chose.

I don't understand why GAF hates Ballmer.

Because his device centric business philosophy has been nothing short of catastrophic for the company.

 

[CTLance]

I really should not revel in the misery of someone else. ... If you'll excuse me, I have to do some spontaneous dancing and singing off screen. You might hear things like "Ding Dong, the witch is dead", but I assure y'all I'm just practising for my impending Broadway debut.

 

[Wubby]

Léo Apotheker or Meg Whitman would be a good fit.

 

[brandonh83]

He's even more like Mega Man now.

Spoiler

yeah I said this in the OT thread but figured that more people on this side would appreciate it

 

[TheBioLover]

They should hire Shuhei Yoshida

He'll fall asleep whenever he's in a meeting with Phil Spencer.

 

[dragonelite]

return of

 

[Nightengale]

Are there even any 'heir-apparents' within the company?

Julie-Larson Green seems unlikely. The reshuffling put her in the hardware division, whereas she used to be head of Windows. That doesn't reflect well, as she was reshuffled towards a less-important component of the company from what was the most important.

Terry feels like he's still rather green, having only ever been in the Exchange division and the Windows Mobile division before his most recent promotion. I don't see him being ready for CEO position immediately.

Steven Sinofsky was the most likely candidate with the most experience... but we know what happened.

 

[FonkyByNature]

I don't know, i wouldn't believe his lies

 

[bob page]

lol @ the people suggesting J Allard.

Why would they pick J Allard to ruin a giant corporation that has hundreds of divisions other than Xbox?

I think they should probably get an outsider to take the role- they need a new, defined long term vision.

 

[dragonelite]

lol @ the people suggesting J Allard.

Why would they pick J Allard to ruin a giant corporation that has hundreds of divisions other than Xbox?

coked up j allard running around developers!!...developers!!.....developers!!..developers!!..developers!!

???

 

[TriGen]

Wow. Will be interesting to see who takes over.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

It's finally happening. People have been waiting to know if and when he gets the fuck out of there. Now we have a timeline to work with.

 

[Hanmik]

I love twitter at times like these..

 

[dose]

 

[keit4]

Good.

 

[iMax]

lol @ the people suggesting J Allard.

Why would they pick J Allard to ruin a giant corporation that has hundreds of divisions other than Xbox?

I think they should probably get an outsider to take the role- they need a new, defined long term vision.

He's not just Xbox. He was a very, very big force at Microsoft and changed a lot of the ways they did things. Read this. He was basically responsible for Microsoft embracing the internet so early.

 

[SporeCrawler]

im amazed that he stayed for so long especially after the stead decline of explorer as a browser, flops like zune and underwhelming reception of windows vista and 8.

 

[Cosmozone]

Oh shit, that's excellent news!!!

 

[Skeff]

I have a feeling the new CEO won't really focus on the Xbox division as much as we hope.

Yea, this makes me thing Xbox One will be their final games console with hardcore support, and they'll be moving to entertainment boxes like apple tv with an intergrated Kinect for party games and controlling the TV.

Especially if Xbox business has not picked up in 12 months time with a new CEO...

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

The new CEO:

 

[DopeyFish]

lol @ the people suggesting J Allard.

Why would they pick J Allard to ruin a giant corporation that has hundreds of divisions other than Xbox?

I think they should probably get an outsider to take the role- they need a new, defined long term vision.

J Allards vision is what the company is currently running on, for the most part. The fumes mainly.

 

[VariantX]

Hopefully this means better things for the company in the future.

 

[Arkanius]

Please call Steve Sinofzky back
He was my favorite Heir for Microsoft.

 

[j0hnny_385]

return of

 

[Mutanthands]

Good. However, how involved is he going to be choosing his successor? Hopefully, it will be someone outside of Microsoft, and not a crony.