A couple of years ago, I saw some discussion about this in the press. The answer they had was that the board felt there wasn't anyone who could do any better.


>To an investor, that's not the issue at all.
>The issue is why did the board let Ballmer, with one failure after another, stay in that job as long as it did.
>If that same board selects his replacement, it's likely that the outcome will be the same.
>See HP for an example of a once great tech company that blew it badly because of a weak board that let incompetent CEO's almost destroy it.
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>PS..There will be a meeting this PM in my coat closet for all the people who regret Ballmer's decision.