Microsoft CEO Search: Stalemate | Monday Note

Excerpt from another timely Jean-Louis Gassée post

"Consider it a litmus test: Any candidate willing to accept this road to failure is automatically disqualified as being too weak. A worthy contender makes it clear that he or she needs an unfettered mandate with no Office Of The Second Guessing in the back of the boardroom. Bill and Steve would have to go — but the Old Duo doesn’t want to leave.
It’s a stalemate…and that’s the most likely explanation for the protracted recruitment process."

Microsoft CEO Search: Stalemate | Monday Note