He seems pretty committed to his new life of charity and good works. And from what I have read he is just as successful at that as he was at business. I don't see him circling back to something he's already done.

>As a wild card, the financial press is suggesting it was Gates that forced Balmmer out, and perhaps Gates might be asked to step back in. Time will tell.
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>>It's only a rumor, but I've been hearing strange stories about a secret bio-research lab near Redmond where they've been working on cloning Steve Jobs.
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>>>Craig, that will be interesting. My guess is they will go outside of the company. Perhaps someone from Google or Apple or who knows.
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>>>>Yup. The big issue is, who to replace him?
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>>>>Stock up over 6% right now.
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>>>>>Finally....:)
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>>>>>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ceo-ballmer-retire-within-131209911.html