I think he was already at the helm of Windows by the time Nadella took over as CEO. To be honest, I think they've been looking for an excuse to do this for a wh

I think he was already at the helm of Windows by the time Nadella took over as CEO. To be honest, I think they've been looking for an excuse to do this for a while. Microsoft seems to be doing well in general, but all the bad press I hear about comes out of anti-patterns in Windows (ads, telemetry, forcing updates, UWP or "Modern apps" or whatever the hell they call them now). Sometimes it takes a really long time to fire people....