Satya Nadella Named Microsoft CEO 293
Nerval's Lobster writes "As widely expected after last week's rumors, Satya Nadella has been named the new CEO of Microsoft. Nadella is Microsoft's third CEO, after co-founder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. He's been with the company for more than twenty years, eventually becoming executive vice president of its Cloud and Enterprise division; Nadella and his team were responsible for the creation of 'Cloud OS,' the platform that powers Microsoft's large-scale cloud services such as SkyDrive, Azure, and Office 365. Under his guidance, Microsoft's revenue from cloud services has grown by several billion dollars over the past few years. In his email to employees, Nadella said that he was 'humbled' by his appointment, and that he had asked Bill Gates to act as a close adviser in the months and years ahead." He devoted much of the rest of the email "to explaining his philosophy of technology, and how that will ultimately influence his leadership. 'The opportunity ahead will require us to reimagine a lot of what we have done in the past for a mobile and cloud-first world, and do new things,' he added. 'We are the only ones who can harness the power of software and deliver it through devices and services that truly empower every individual and every organization.' A lot of tech companies would disagree the assertion that Microsoft is the 'only' company capable of merging hardware and software into forms that businesses and consumers find appealing, but Nadella must do his best to reassert his company's position as a technology leader. Nadella indicated near the end of his email that he would follow through on the 'One Microsoft' strategy formulated under Ballmer, which includes a massive reorganization currently underway." Reader rjmarvin notes that "Nadella will take over as CEO immediately, allowing Steve Ballmer to retire early," and reader SmartAboutThings says that "John Thompson, a lead independent director for the Board of Directors, will take over the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors that Gates held."
I wouold argue (Score:5, Funny)
that Steve Ballmer retiring now is not 'early'. About a decade late.
Re:I wouold argue (Score:5, Funny)
Will Satya Nadella support developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers though?
Re:"humbled"? (Score:4, Funny)
(C) He thinks that being made CEO is a punishment for some mistake he's made in his current job.
Or maybe a past life
Re:"humbled"? (Score:5, Funny)
To be humbled, to be made to feel small or modest. Pretty standard bit of English. Seems a natural reaction to being put into a massively auspicious position. You're not a robot powered by a 1900s dictionary and a copy of Stunk and White-Out are you?
wait for it... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:NOOOOOOOOO (Score:5, Funny)
Because he would sink the ship, as he did with Nokia.
Re:I wouold argue (Score:2, Funny)
Will Satya Nadella support developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers though?
or vagina.
Re:I wouold argue (Score:5, Funny)
He's not retiring; he has simply outsourced his chair-tossing to an Indian guy.
Re:I wouold argue (Score:5, Funny)
I disagree; I think Ballmer should have been retained as CEO indefinitely.
If they really had to replace him, they should have picked whoever came up with the Microsoft Songsmith commercial.
Elop now in charge of Xbox, Surface, WinPhone. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:NOOOOOOOOO (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed. For one, I hoped that Microsoft was took over by a woman, which could mean that finally someone who cares about the look-and-feel is in control of the company. By the way, he's Indian, so it looks like it's a normal name there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
And people complain management is never outsourced
Re:Your tinfoil hat is on too tight (Score:5, Funny)
> If someone at NSA want's to look at those
Is that a plural? So why the apostrophe, moron?
You are the moron I think. Consider: The NSA is so bloody possessive; the apostrophe is warranted in my book!
Re:NOOOOOOOOO (Score:4, Funny)
Well, we already knew he has a mental illness.