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Will Ballmer Be Replaced As Microsoft CEO?
Strudelkugel writes "The Beast reports unhappiness with Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft: Sources say the talk around Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters — which has grown increasingly loud ever since Apple surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization — is that the company's stock suffers from a 'Ballmer discount,' and that the CEO is on the clock to significantly move the needle on its share price over the next two or three quarters or face a potential move to oust him. 'Ballmer is on the list of mega-executives under pressure,' says a banker who has negotiated deals for Microsoft. 'If he was asked to leave the building, I suspect there would be more happy than unhappy people.'"
He threw a chair at one of his staff. What's he going to do when they come to fire him ? Throw an entire office set ?
"Ballmer is on the list of mega-executives under pressure," says a banker who has negotiated deals for Microsoft. "If he was asked to leave the building, I suspect there would be more happy than unhappy people."
If he read /., he could state that as fact. :p
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
They could always ask Steve Jobs if he would be CEO of Microsoft. It worked out great for Apple...
No sig. Move along - nothing to see here.
Mr Darl McBride to the white courtesy phone.
/A surreal moment
AT&ROFLMAO
He's got the "right stuff".
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-26/leadership-tips-from-tony-hayward-or-not-.html
And experience in negatively impacting an entire ecosystem. Perfect! (Also perfect that this article posted 14 minutes before the Slashdot article. ;-)
I get it. Trolling Microsoft is instant karma bucks on /. But seriously, you're talking out of your ass if you believe "C# / .NET" is just about tying developers into Windows. It's about getting shit done for your client!
http://www.allometry.com
Probably the only guy that could out-Ballmer Ballmer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFNeBRc7W7s
"...here you are all equally worthless! And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps! Do you maggots understand that?"
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Except for losing out to the Wii, having a... what is it? 55% failure rate?
Look, I'm trying hard to think of MS products that aren't widely ridiculed. That's kind of a short list, and I'll thank you to work with me on this difficult project.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Keep up, the old Zune is long gone. The brown thing no one buys has become a black glossy sleek beautiful responsive elegant thing that no one buys.