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Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive

Posted by samzenpus on from the smart-money dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "A gambling website's favorite as Microsoft Corp.'s next chief executive officer is Stephen Elop, the Nokia CEO who has presided over a 62 percent decline in market value. Elop, a former Microsoft executive, has 5-to-1 odds to be hired as Steve Ballmer's replacement, according to Ladbrokes, the U.K.-based gambling operator. He leads a pool including internal candidates Kevin Turner and Julie Larson-Green and outsiders like Apple CEO Tim Cook — a 100-to-1 dark horse."

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  1. Name game by Gothmolly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like a publicity stunt to me. It's close enough to Elon Musk that they can cash in on some of the buzz around 'hyperloop' and "isn't he the Tesla guy?" and "doesn't he build rockets?" to make them sound new and edgy and relevant.

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    1. Re:Name game by synapse7 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Elop sounds too close to "Flop", if we're only considering by name.

    2. Re:Name game by Capt+James+McCarthy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Elon Musk

      Every time I see his name, I think what a cool name for mens cologne.

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    3. Re:Name game by RoccamOccam · · Score: 5, Funny

      >To paraphrase "1984," some shareholders are more equal than others.

      Right author, wrong book: Animal Farm.

      Right. That would be Orson Wells. The original poster was probably confusing the shareholders with Morlocks, from one of his other books - The Time Machine (as in the movie, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme).

    4. Re:Name game by hebertrich · · Score: 3, Funny

      They're used to it , having someone who didn't loose billions at the helm might confuse them.
      They need someone to sink their ship really deep in the abyss and he seems to be fully qualified.
      Hope we see each other at the chapter 11 hearings. Keep an eye out on the upper floor windows for falling furniture.

      Fuzz

  2. Yes, pretty please by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

    An expert in tanking companies at the helm of Microsoft? I can't wait.

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    1. Re:Yes, pretty please by Cid+Highwind · · Score: 4, Funny

      The only thing that would make it better is if he were to bring in some superstars like Carly Fiorina and every Yahoo CEO from Jerry Yang onward to fill out the executive team...

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  3. Burning Platforms v2? by Tridus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can picture it now...

    Elop gets in. He sits down, and writes a memo about how the company is sitting on a burning platform and needs to change or die. He'll then adopt a bold strategy of switching the entire company over to... what? QNX maybe?

    Considering his track record, I find it hard to believe anybody thinks this is a good idea.

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  4. Re:Fine with me by gtall · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hear, hear!! If Elop could to do MS what he's done to Nokia, I'd be a happy camper.