Microsoft Admits It Was Wrong About Linux
Year of the Linux, when? If there’s one thing about this new Microsoft, it’s that the company is open to embracing the competition without giving it a second thought. …
Tag: Steve Ballmer
We Are An Open Source Company, Says Microsoft
Microsoft sure has come a long way when it comes to commitment to open source software. So much so that it now sees itself as an open source company. …
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Goes With AWS
Of course, he bleeds Microsoft! But apparently Steve Ballmer has a soft corner for AWS, which he has just chosen as a cloud for a new project for the …
The IRS Files A Legal Complaint Against Steve Ballmer
lowdown on this, but Microsoft, obviously, does not allow executives to testify without an agreement. The software titan is already in discussion with the IRS for allowing these high …
Week In Review (Nov 3 – Nov 7)
Announcement of the Week It was coming, it just had to come. And this week Microsoft made it official. Office is now free for users on mobile devices, meaning …
Steve Ballmer Plans To Hold Microsoft Stock For Ever
interview that he gave during the WSJD Live event last week, where the former CEO explained that he has no intention of selling his stake in the company. Not …
Microsoft Employees Irked By Regular Internal Changes
handed pink slips to another 3,000 workers. The acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services unit resulted in the reorganization process taking more than a year, and the changes are …
Week In Review (Oct 20 – Oct 24)
Replacement of the Week After months of speculation, we now have an answer to Microsoft’s mobile strategy for the future. The company official announced that the Microsoft Lumia brand …
Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, No Longer The Best Of Friends?
capacity. He’s now helping the new CEO Satya Nadella in decision making — but that only happened after Ballmer parted away from the software titan. Gradually. Now Ballmer has …
Microsoft Loves Linux, Says Satya Nadella
Steve Ballmer Wrote The First Blue Screen Of Death Text
post on The Old New Thing blog explains, it was none other than former CEO Steve Ballmer that wrote the text of this screen in the first version. He …
Week In Review (Aug 18 – Aug 22)
Goodbye of the Week Many would take this as an upbeat development, but the fact remains that Steve Ballmer is the man that has had a large part in …
Ballmer Era At Microsoft Has Come To An End, Analyst Pleased
said in a note to investors that it is sometimes difficult to implement your own ideas when a former CEO is still on the board: “It marks the final …
Read Steve Ballmer’s Final Letter As Board Member
separated from the management of Microsoft, though he still has an attachment owing to his status as the largest individual shareholder. Regardless, it was time — he has his …
Steve Ballmer Leaves Microsoft Completely, Steps Down As Board Member
letter to Nadella: “I had not spent any time really contemplating my post-Microsoft life until my last day with the company. In the six months since leaving, I have …
Steve Ballmer Takes The ALS Challenge, Trio Now Complete
effort and Bill Gates’ creative work. Ballmer actually tweeted the video of himself taking the challenge. Interesting. His Twitter account had seen little action up until now, and the …
Nadella Is Cleaning Up Ballmer’s Mess, Says Analyst
note to investors that what the new Microsoft CEO is doing right now is simply cleaning up the mess that Steve Ballmer left behind after his retirement in February. …
New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Starts Winning Respect
interview with Bloomberg, Jeff Teper, the head of corporate strategy at Microsoft who has been with the company since 1992 explains that Nadella has already won the respect of …
Is Nadella Moving Away From Ballmer’s Devices And Services Model?
here. Sure, the letter is a fantastic read, for fans of the company, and well, technology overall, but more importantly it provides hints about the cultural shift that will …
Week In Review (May 4 – May 9)
Rumor of the Week The Microsoft side of the rumor mill slowed down a tad this last month or so, but things have sprung into action with word that …