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

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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Re:Elop needs to broker a deal with Apple

[binarylarry]

Apple wouldn't touch shitty Microsoft tech with a 10 foot iPole.

Patents, maybe.