Steve Ballmer to leave Microsoft in a years time

[peteyt]

Just read that the current CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, who replaced Bill Gates, will be stepping down in a years time with a committee including Bill Gates looking for his successor.

What do people think? Was this planned or did he decide to leave now after Windows 8 has failed to gain the audience it hoped?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23815563

[Adam]

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[xxMATTGxx]

Probably been planned for a while to be honest. Hopefully the replacement won't **** up anything even further.

[Zak]

Windows 8 is terrible.

[lawrawrrr]

Shares have risen since this was announced. Lol.

[xxMATTGxx]

Shares have risen since this was announced. Lol.

Means he gets more money!

[iBlueBox]

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Never fond of Steve Ballmers style as CEO.
He's also leaving Microsoft in such a bad state.

[AgnesIO]

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[GommeInc]

He is pretty terrible as far as CEO personalities go. He's pretty stupid in a way, his way with PR is awful. Microsoft needs someone creative and intuitive to lead it, not someone who jumps around on a stage during keynote speeches.