Friday, November 08, 2013

Microsoft CEO Candidate Elop Said to Mull Windows Shift - Bloomberg

Interesting to recall that Stephen Elop was president of the Microsoft Business Division when it announced a version of Office Mobile for Nokia's Symbian platform in 2009, and then, as CEO of Nokia, discontinued Symbian in 2011; also see Insiders say Elop could sell off Xbox and cancel Bing if he became Microsoft CEO (Engadget)
"Stephen Elop, a candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as Microsoft Corp.’s chief executive officer, would consider breaking with decades of tradition by focusing the company’s strategy around making the popular Office software programs like Word, Excel and PowerPoint available on a broad variety of smartphones and tablets, including those made by Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc., said three people with knowledge of his thinking."
Microsoft CEO Candidate Elop Said to Mull Windows Shift - Bloomberg

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