gringo
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Authored by gringo on Aug 23, 2013 13:23:26 GMT
Breaking news alert in my inbox from CNN
To bad - Steve was doing a great job of destroying Microsoft.
Hopefully they will find somebody of equal incompetence to replace him.
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Authored by ukjayb on Aug 23, 2013 13:34:18 GMT
ha ha ha WSJ said shares rose 8% after the announcement.
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foulis
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Authored by foulis on Aug 23, 2013 13:51:17 GMT
ha ha ha WSJ said shares rose 8% after the announcement. Yeah but chair futures are off 50%
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Authored by drakaan on Aug 23, 2013 13:58:20 GMT
Breaking news alert in my inbox from CNN To bad - Steve was doing a great job of destroying Microsoft. Hopefully they will find somebody of equal incompetence to replace him. Actually, I'm kind of hoping they find someone who understands that Microsoft could be a relevant company if they focused on making money from support and stopped trying to wring money out of their software licenses and license enforcement. They've dipped their toes in the water with Visual Studio and SQL Server Express editions...if they did that with Windows, they might stop losing market share. Say what you will about them, their developer toolset is pretty good.* *disclaimer - I spend a lot of time fixing asp.net/sql server web apps
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charlieturner
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Authored by charlieturner on Aug 24, 2013 1:16:09 GMT
He will retire within a year... That clearly includes tomorrow, as well as next August 22nd. The real story/telling will be in the urgency displayed in finding the replacement, er, his retirement. That will give a better idea as to whose choice/decision this was.
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Anonymous Scum
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Authored by Anonymous Scum on Aug 24, 2013 12:11:34 GMT
IMHO, Microsoft would need a true visionary type like the late Steve Jobs in order to turn the behemoth around. I just don't think the culture exists there to hire someone like that. M$ is just in bed too deep with it's DRM (en)forced-computing partners to break free from their evil ways.
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