One major hire that you rarely hear about is when Microsoft hired an outsider (formerly at at IBM and Boeing) to take over as President and Chief Operating Off

One major hire that you rarely hear about is when Microsoft hired an outsider (formerly at at IBM and Boeing) to take over as President and Chief Operating Officer. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/20/business/business-people-microsoft-president-comes-from-boeing.html https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/20/business/business-people-... But less than two years later https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/04/business/microsoft-president-is-dismissed.html https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/04/business/microsoft-presid...