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Why would Zuckerberg or Sandberg be good candidates from Microsoft CEO? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to slight Facebook, but in my mind Facebook and Micro
by nemothekid 13y ago
Why would Zuckerberg or Sandberg be good candidates from Microsoft CEO? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to slight Facebook, but in my mind Facebook and Microsoft operate on two completely different wavelengths. I'm confident they wouldn't perform poorly, but I find it hard to believe they could provide the type of leadership and vision Microsoft needs right now. I'm just interested in hearing your thinking.
Also not really thrilled about Carly Fiorina, didn't she gut HP R&D division? I'm not sure your list is actually serious. Either way I'm doubtful Elop will become CEO given that he wasn't really able to make anything good come from Nokia.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoI was going for either people who are 'hip' enough or 'steady' enough to run Microsoft. Fiorina would be a total, unmitigated disaster.
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- Swannie 13y agoYeah, I strongly agree. I never understood why people think Sandberg or Zuckerberg would every be considered by the board. Facebook is such a totally different business to one building software and hardware for operating systems, office tools, web and email platforms, cloud services, systems management, identity management, mobile platforms, gaming platform development, unified communications, collaboration software, CRM, etc. etc. etc. (the list goes on and on). A much better fit would be someone from Oracle or IBM. Or even someone from a large enterprise systems company with deep software background (e.g. someone from SAP, Cisco, CA).
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoThat assumes you want continuity with Ballmer.