Kara Swisher: 'Microsoft CEO Selection Unlikely to Come in January'
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Link: http://recode.net/2014/01/08/microsoft-ceo-selection-unlikely-to-come-in-january-as-candidate-list-contracts-and-expands/

Kara Swisher, writing for Recode:

  > Gates is a key player in the CEO search, despite the high profile
  > of another director, John Thompson, who is heading the search
  > process. “This is a Gates search, even though the board is very
  > involved,” said one source with knowledge of the situation. “But
  > nothing is going to happen without him, especially since he will
  > be much more involved in the company going forward.”

If he's going to be "much more involved", Gates should just take the job himself. Otherwise, he should be much *less* involved, and let the new CEO run the company.



★ Wednesday, 8 January 2014
By John Gruber  
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/01/08/swisher-gates