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Microsoft Narrows Down CEO Shortlist: Elop, Mulally, Bates, Nadella In Mix

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the surprise-surprise-elop-wins dept.

rjmarvin writes "Sources have confirmed that Microsoft has narrowed down its search for its next CEO to five external candidates and at least two internal candidates. Rumored frontrunner Stephen Elop, former Nokia CEO, and Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally are reportedly in contention, along with Microsoft's Skype head Tony Bates and their cloud and enterprise chief Satya Nadella. The other external candidates who've emerged from the approximately 40 rumored names swirling around since August have not yet been revealed."

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  1. Re:Is this some kind of Miss World contest? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they must be able to pull the chair from the sacred stone, if they can toss it in Google's direction they become CEO

  2. Re:Slashdot is cheering for,,,, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, we're sad that Ballmers fail train is leaving the station.

  3. Re:Slashdot is cheering for,,,, by disposable60 · · Score: 3, Funny

    They might as well be looking at Carly Fiorina, then.

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  4. Re:Elop needs to broker a deal with Apple by RaceProUK · · Score: 3, Funny

    This would be the same Apple that uses Windows Azure?

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  5. Re:Shocked That Elop is the Front Runner by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You make it look like they are selected on competence ...

  6. Re:A day late and a dollar short by WWJohnBrowningDo · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a terrible metaphor. Microsoft is not sinking; Microsoft is soaring!

    If anything, it's like naming a new captain to the Hindenburg after it caught fire.

    Original credits goes to Colbert.

  7. Re:Those that know ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think dead Steve Jobs would do a better job than any of those.

  8. Hope for Elop by devent · · Score: 4, Funny

    After his success to burn Nokia, as a Linux user, I hope for him.
    I'm looking forward to his Burning Platform memo on Microsoft.

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