Surprised this hasn't been posted: http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bill-gates-sided-with-the-other-steve-ballmer-at-microsoft/ http://

Surprised 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.