Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months

Yup saw this ....

[h=6]Ballmer to Resign, MSFT Surges[/h]Here’s a rule of thumb: If you happen to be the CEO of a major corporation and the news of your resignation causes your stock to gain $24 billion in market value, you probably made the right call.
Microsoft ($MSFT) said today that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire within the next 12 months. In the pre-market, MSFT is up $2.87, or 8.86%. The company has 8.33 billion shares outstanding, so today’s surge comes to $23.9 billion. Again, that’s for someone to no longer be there.
Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on August 23rd, 2013 at 9:15 am



Source: Ballmer to Resign, MSFT Surges Crossing Wall Street
 

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Nothing happens when I click your link SIW2 ?
 

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Fraid you have to register for that FT content , bloody annoying. You may be able to get to it clicking the story on CNN page

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There is also a pointless mention under the section CCN Money , which says precisely nothing.
 

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My guess is Jeff Ubben might have had something to do with it.

Better for Stevie B to take the opportunity to bow out gracefully. He has a lot of shares, so can still have a lot of input - but he won't be calling the shots on his own, and he won't be the one under fire.
 

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And there was great rejoicing....!!!
[video=youtube;xRvAAYjmqkE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE[/video]
 

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Not so fast. You might end up with Miss Julie, and yet more kindergarten pictures. :rolleyes:

That's a joke, of course. She might be on the ball, we can't tell.
 

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Be careful what you wish for

Who is going to replace him?

Tami Reller?

Julie Larson-Green?

"May God have mercy on us all."

[video=youtube;9dg3SVOM9cc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dg3SVOM9cc[/video]
 

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Rumor has it William Shatner wants a shot at it. Last I heard they told him if he gets the position, he can have as many buttons on the armrest of his chair as he wants. Just don't go looking for a Start button. It aint happening. :p
 

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Hi Everyone,

Too bad Mr Ballmer didn't retire before the Junker Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 got made and Microsoft tried to Kill the Desktop Personal Computer, Mr Ballmer is the only one to blame,,, Good Bye Mr Ballmer and No Thanks I Will Pass On Your Junkers Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Microsoft Operating System....
 

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I wouldn't bet on it. If MS are going to keep pushing out stuff the buyers don't want, the oems will take matters into their own hands.

the #1 pc maker in the world, Lenovo, will be shipping Pokki on new Windows 8 devices worldwide

Lenovo PCs now come with Pokki! | Pokki Blog

This is pretty grim. Seems Lenovo know the buyers don't want what MS is pushing, so they are trying to ameliorate the horror and hopefully sell some pcs. I am not familiar with Pokki, looks like a bit of a halfway house, but it may be less repellent to potential buyers.



Rumor has it William Shatner wants a shot at it. Last I heard they told him if he gets the position, he can have as many buttons on the armrest of his chair as he wants. Just don't go looking for a Start button. It aint happening. :p
 

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Interesting times indeed.
 

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Well..the speculation of a successor will be a key topic - they really need some 'new' blood at Redmond.. someone dynamic like a Jobs (RIP) maybe - ironic they share the same first name..

I'm glad M$ shareholders had the balls to realise what's best for them going forward (and yes, I don't think this was a voluntary decision by Stevie)...

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With all due respect of course...
 

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Lenovo are acquiring the start menu replacement with the game arcade.from Pokki, I believe. Acer did it a while ago. It still needs an OS of course.(Windows 8/7?). The retailers could have extracted digits and done it yonks ago, with Classic or something similar.
 

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I am not sure they were allowed to under the license conditions (?) - perhaps that has changed, or perhaps Lenovo don't care.
 

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Sorry for the off topic ..but most OEM's realised the stupidity of the lack of a proper start button...

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