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They need young, real "down to Earth" technology people like Scott Hanselman or J Allard to run that old monolith. I would list other people from tech but those

They need young, real "down to Earth" technology people like Scott Hanselman or J Allard to run that old monolith. I would list other people from tech but those people would never tolerate working for the Microsoft board. Anyone that wears a suit and tie to work is going to just steer Microsoft further and further into the ground. Elop needs a hoodie.

fhd2 13y ago
Wow, ageism is nothing new, but I've never seen clothism before. What kind of experience and character traits do you think the next Microsoft CEO should have? I'm having trouble deducing those from age/clothing.
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- BrainInAJar 13y ago
  hipster-ass VC slave "startup founder" type, from the sounds of it
- ProAm 13y ago
  If the next Microsoft CEO doesn't have a github account it will clearly show the company is heading in the wrong direction and needs to put some serious consideration towards a pivot.
drawkbox 13y ago
Scott Gu or Scott Forstall would be good, or maybe Scott Hanselman. It's any Scott's race. Basically they need to get back to their developer/engineer focused products to innovate. They are riding off the fumes/grace of the last innovations still. Maybe someone that will take Visual Studio and Azure cross platforms and really build tools the developers love not things that they hate like Sharepoint (and for some, Windows).
programminggeek 13y ago
Tech is not Microsoft's problem per se. Microsoft has great tech, they are building some great products, and are genuinely getting a lot better at a lot of things pretty fast. They just don't know how to sell to consumers well yet. They haven't had to do that until the last 5-10 years. J Allard, Ray Ozzie, and the like have the potential to do great things, but honestly CEO of Microsoft is maybe not what they would do best at or enjoy. Microsoft needs a systems thinker, someone who gets the business side and the tech side, while having the ability to shepherd great products on the consumer side and service the business needs of their huge enterprise customers. That is a ridiculously tall order and I'm not sure that anyone would do an outstanding job with it.
- Xdes 13y ago
  >someone who gets the business side and the tech side I don't know why Scott Guthrie isn't on the list.
maxerickson 13y ago
What does further and further into the ground even mean? Increasing revenues year after year? Microsoft only looks like a bad company when you compare it to the (very!) short list of tech companies that have been better than it for the last 10 years.
scrabble 13y ago
These people are technology people, and good speakers. But I think it's a bit naive to assume that translates well into running a massive corporation like Microsoft. The skills needed there would be completely different.

fhd2 13y ago

Wow, ageism is nothing new, but I've never seen clothism before. What kind of experience and character traits do you think the next Microsoft CEO should have? I'm having trouble deducing those from age/clothing.

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BrainInAJar 13y ago
hipster-ass VC slave "startup founder" type, from the sounds of it
ProAm 13y ago
If the next Microsoft CEO doesn't have a github account it will clearly show the company is heading in the wrong direction and needs to put some serious consideration towards a pivot.

drawkbox 13y ago

Scott Gu or Scott Forstall would be good, or maybe Scott Hanselman. It's any Scott's race. Basically they need to get back to their developer/engineer focused products to innovate. They are riding off the fumes/grace of the last innovations still. Maybe someone that will take Visual Studio and Azure cross platforms and really build tools the developers love not things that they hate like Sharepoint (and for some, Windows).

programminggeek 13y ago

Tech is not Microsoft's problem per se. Microsoft has great tech, they are building some great products, and are genuinely getting a lot better at a lot of things pretty fast. They just don't know how to sell to consumers well yet. They haven't had to do that until the last 5-10 years. J Allard, Ray Ozzie, and the like have the potential to do great things, but honestly CEO of Microsoft is maybe not what they would do best at or enjoy. Microsoft needs a systems thinker, someone who gets the business side and the tech side, while having the ability to shepherd great products on the consumer side and service the business needs of their huge enterprise customers. That is a ridiculously tall order and I'm not sure that anyone would do an outstanding job with it.

Xdes 13y ago
>someone who gets the business side and the tech side I don't know why Scott Guthrie isn't on the list.

maxerickson 13y ago

What does further and further into the ground even mean? Increasing revenues year after year? Microsoft only looks like a bad company when you compare it to the (very!) short list of tech companies that have been better than it for the last 10 years.

scrabble 13y ago

These people are technology people, and good speakers. But I think it's a bit naive to assume that translates well into running a massive corporation like Microsoft. The skills needed there would be completely different.