Wow, this claim is basically fabricated. The content of this article is sourced from an NYT post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/window_pain_for_ballmer

Wow, this claim is basically fabricated. The content of this article is sourced from an NYT post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/window_pain_for_ballmer_4hGeo5cjUHOi6WM0n3UuNJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/window_pain_for_ballme...), where the claims that Balmer may be fired are being speculated by "Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi", who says: > The success of Microsoft’s mobile strategy doesn’t hinge only on this quarter’s sales. But if the company can’t boost results into next year, Ballmer would become vulnerable, Milanesi said. > “If Windows 8 were to fail, Ballmer would be questioned,” she said. So this isn't even a rumor, it's some analyst making speculations and then being rebranded as a rumor by a 2-bit news outlet.