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Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft - Several plausible reasons
- silentmars 14y agoIt might be helpful to add the article's subtitle, so that it reads: "Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft - Let's Make Some Guesses"
- RyJones 14y agoAgreed. It's pretty annoying to be told "here is the reason" when the article is "spammy guesses, how about some ads?"
- Reltair 14y agoAdded part of the article's subtitle to make it more clear.
- meepmorp 14y agoMy favorite was the comment that suggested he had to step down because was having an affair with Gen. Petraeus. As informative as the other speculation, but actually got a chuckle out of me.
- crag 14y agoMaybe he left because, you know... he wanted too?
- macspoofing 14y agoMaybe, but probably not.
- j_baker 14y agoMuch more likely than Ballmer not feeling that Sinofsky is up to snuff for the CEO's job is that Ballmer is afraid the Board may view Sinofsky as a better candidate for the job than him. There have been some calls for Microsoft to get rid of Ballmer, and it's more difficult for them to do so if there are fewer viable alternatives.
- macspoofing 14y agoIt's as good a guess as any. Ballmer's tenure as CEO of Microsoft wasn't disastrous, but it wasn't great either. The company just sort of floated through the 2000s.
- kvb 14y agoUnder this theory, you believe that Ballmer can unilaterally have Sinofsky removed without board approval? Or the board just unthinkingly goes along with him, even though it removes a high-profile leader in the organization?
- j_baker 14y agoIt's called scapegoating. All you have to do is convince the board that someone else is responsible for all the company's problems, then you not only get rid of an opponent, but make yourself look good in the process. It's a win-win for one person. :-) Of course, this is just speculation.
- taligent 14y agoSurprised this hasn't been posted: http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bill-gates-sided-with-the-other-steve-ballmer-at-microsoft/ http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bil... Basically Sinofsky was fired because Ballmer/Gates wanted more collaboration/integration between the other divisions. And Sinofsky is famous for protecting his fiefdom. Very similar to Forstall.
- zargath 14y agomaybe microsoft just wanted Forstall to take over ? :-P
- mariusmg 14y agoIt's out because he was fired. It's as simple as that.