Under your leadership, we created an incredible foundation that we continue to build on - and Microsoft will thrive in the mobile-first, cloud-first world.Ĭertainly, Microsoft's handlers and lawyers wrote, edited, and vetted every detail of both memos.īallmer also addressed the most important question, for many: Will he start selling off Microsoft stock? Here's what he says: rebuke? Maybe it's a rebuke, maybe it's a strange counterthrust: That has to be the most amazing mash-up of new, aging, and discredited directions for Microsoft ever uttered. I have confidence in our approach of mobile-first, cloud-first, and in our primary innovation emphasis on platforms and productivity and the building of capability in devices and services as core business drivers. Here's the part of the resignation letter that I found most interesting. Since when does a company fire its largest shareholder?Ĭlearly, Ballmer's comfortable with the new Nadella direction, and - like BillG before him - wants to move on and do something different. He certainly dumps a mean bucket of ice water.Īnd, no, he wasn't fired.
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You can take all the rest of the excuses with a grain of salt: Ballmer may be working his butt off now that he has a pro team and a teaching gig, but he's always worked his butt off. Gregg Keizer at Computerworld quotes analyst Patrick Moorhead as saying, "What was going to do on the board? Defend his old strategy?" and that describes the situation precisely. If you haven't heard by now, SteveB has submitted his resignation from Microsoft's board, effective immediately.
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