But...
What about the guy who searches for the guy who searches for Ballmers replacement(In this case I'm using the term guy to define all genders)
Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has told Microsoft shareholders to vote against the re-election of independent director John Thompson, who is leading the search for a new chief exec. In a research note seen by Reuters, the firm said that Thompson potentially had a conflict of interest because he's the CEO of Virtual …
Anyone with the humour bypass needed to agree to work for a company like Microsoft is the wrong person to run it.
It would be more creative and have a lighter touch with customers if it had a Richard Branson or Stelios Haji-Ioannou* type figure at the helm.
*For US readers: both are genuine entrepreneurs, founders of innovative airline and other businesses.
The PR people will hype "the real steve jobs"; the press will talk about every new product; the make-over will be epic and...
The share-price will jump, and half the agitators will sell; then Bill can get on the serious business of finding and nurturing the real next CEO