Former Microsoft CEOs At Odds Over TikTok
For a company as prominent as Microsoft, it’s remarkable that it has only had three CEOs up until now. Interestingly, two of them are at odds over the potential …
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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. …
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 …
Steve Ballmer Is Now The Largest Microsoft Shareholder
report confirms this new milestone, revealing that Gates has once again sold some of the stock he owns. The US Security and Exchange Commission recorded the sale of 4.6 …
Week In Review (Apr 14 – Apr 18)
Arrival of the Week Who knew developer previews would one day be used by end users in this high a capacity. The software titan made available this flavor of …
Fake Steve Ballmer Twitter Account Gets Instantly Zapped
report reveals, Twitter users were surprised to find that the former CEO had joined the party. Many followed him, thinking this really was the man. This was the account …
Satya Nadella Impresses In His First Appearance As CEO
introduced Office for iPad, but also spoke at length about the company’s future strategy in the cloud business. And he seems to have impressed a lot of folks that …
Apple Does Indeed Take Its 30% Cut From Every Microsoft Office Subscription
confirmed that the company is taking its 30 percent cut from every Office 365 subscription that is purchased by iPad owners that want to unlock the editing features in …
Steve Ballmer Thinking About Leaving Microsoft Completely
blog, Ballmer, who is 58 today, said that he was not sure how long he will remain a Microsoft director. And he will figure out his next challenge after …
Week In Review (Mar 3 – Mar 7)
Hoopla of the Week Users in China, well the bulk of them anyway, have just recently settled on with Windows XP. The only problem is that Microsoft is ready …
Bill Gates Reportedly Did Not Agree With Microsoft’s Nokia Acquisition
report by Bloomberg claims that Ballmer was the main supporter of this takeover, while leaders like Bill Gates and current CEO Satya Nadella were opposed to the deal. Even …
Ballmer Admits Microsoft Made A Ton Of Mistakes Under His Leadership
speaking at an Oxford University event, Ballmer has admitted that Microsoft made a ton of mistakes while he was the CEO. For starters, if he was to take charge …