So Ballmer has stated that he is off, leaving, done, finished… Did they shed a tear? Nope. The bought Microsoft shares hard pushing the price up 9%.
The main reason, based on my reading, is that he was just too slow and didn’t know what the consumer wanted. With him at the helm the feeling was he just didn’t know which direction to go.
There has been quite a few large releases since he took over, Silverlight, Vista, Windows 8 RT to name but a few. All of the ones named were either canned or panned…
It will be interesting if they have someone already in mind. It will be more interesting to find out if they are in house or external.
I will watch this story with a keen eye…