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Multiple sources say a decision on the new CEO is expected in the next week or so, and Microsoft's VP of cloud and enterprise Satya Nadella is emerging as the favorite. Nadella, a 22-year veteran of Redmond, isn't the most charismatic of leaders but he does have the knowledge and experience to take Microsoft away from pure …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Not looking good is it? I think most sensible people see it as mission impossible with a huge price for failure.

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  2. Eddy Ito

    You have to admit, it is a novel method of choosing a new CEO. Assemble a list of 'n' potential candidates and let them self select out until one remains that will do it - repeat as necessary. It's certainly hopefully better than putting ads on Craigslist and Monster.

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    1. Khaptain Silver badge
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      Yes, like having a big bag of cherries and removing all the good ones until all that is left is the rotten, worm eaten, acrid tasting blob of mush that no-one wants.

      A lot of existing CEOs in other multinationals must have a pretty negative idea of where Microsoft is going and therefore don't want to be associated.... it would be like jumping on a burning wagon...

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  3. Stoke the atom furnaces

    Go on Microsoft, choose Stephen Elop for CEO. What is the Finnish for Schadenfreude ?

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    1. Mikel
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      Elop for CEO

      I too am holding out hope that he will be selected. He is just the guy they need to take them to the next level.

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    2. Levente Szileszky
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      He's a beancounter FFS, with no relevant experience whatsoever, don't confuse his Trojan hitjob at Nokia with actually running a monster like MSFT.

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      1. Mikel
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        Perhaps you mistook me

        I have no doubt Mr. Elop would be able to drive Microsoft to "the next level".

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  4. T. F. M. Reader

    Ballmer as basketball coach?

    Do they play with chairs now?

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    1. Lars Silver badge
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      Re: Ballmer as basketball coach?

      Why not chairleader.

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  5. Nick Ryan Silver badge

    If the MS head of cloud gets to be the head of MS... how that does look for the future?

    Doubtless more focus on cloud - cloud - cloud - sharepoint - cloud- subscription - cloud - 360 - cloud and no worthwhile development, innovation or anything for anything else.

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  6. Levente Szileszky

    If no clean hand is available from outside then Nadella SHOULD get it...

    ...I was saying it from the beginning - server business is booming, far more advanced than any other, shamefully amateur, broken, crappy business Sinofsky and his ilks left behind (eg Windows, Office); I am pretty sure he probably hated the retarded touch-oriented UI that was forced onto his baby (Touch GIU, on a f'n server OS, seriously?) and he more or less was able to deliver on time and on target (sans the utter mess called System Center and its 1+ year compatibility lag behind new Windows Server versions...)

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  7. Pat 4

    Microsoft's VP of cloud

    Microsoft's VP of cloud, AKA Microsoft's VP of most successful meaningless buzz word in history.

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    1. Mikel
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      But wait. For a long time he was also boss of Online Services Division (OSD, AKA Bing and Hotmail). As in, the money-losingest operation they have. Surely that counts for something. The man has tons of experience tilting at windmills. That will be helpful in his new role.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    Pity abouit the charisma thing

    What Microsoft needs is a General Patton to take charge and lead them. No charisma?????

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  9. Trevor_Pott Gold badge

    "Isn't the most charismatic of leaders?" What?!> Please, spend some time a room with the man. Lack of charisma is emphatically not his problem. In fact, other than being shackled by Ballmer and Gates on the board, I don't see him having all htat many problems at all. Nadella would make a hell of a CEO for Microsoft. I really hope he gets the gig.

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