The farewell Ballmer to the tune of Michael Jackson - Computer Point

Into The CEO resigned presents perhaps for the last time to the employees. These tell of moments of emotion on stage. And with good intentions for the future

Rome – He greeted everyone, he cried, he did what he always recognize all know how to do very well: has motivated the troops . In his last business meeting at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer tried to leave a different idea of ??himself as a man totally dedicated to numbers and budgets: a company wants to leave to his successor about to revitalize its image and its (in honest never faded) economic success through innovation and products that can make a difference with the competition. As if in short, a bit ‘as it is up to Apple in recent years, Redmond should prove to be able to surprise and enthrall with inventions capable of catalyzing the attention and customer purchases.

Ballmer spoke for an hour, reiterating his colleagues that work for Microsoft means “working for the largest company in the world” according to Steve, “we will build the next big thing , we will change the world again.” At times even moved, someone refers to tears that would leave you speechless for a moment the otherwise always chatty CEO , Ballmer reiterated: “I believe in you, I believe in our mission. We were a large company for years. We are a great company for many years to come. ” It has not spared digs competition, defining Apple’s “fashionable” Amazon “economic”, Google interested in “more”, while Microsoft would be able to “do more”. “We have before us an incredible potential, we have an incredible destiny. Only our company and a handful of others are able to write the future.’ll Think big, we’ll bet the maximum.”

Perhaps with the idea of ??closing a path, Steve Ballmer on stage sounded notes of Wanna Be Startin ‘Somethin’ by Michael Jackson, the same song used in the first business meeting of 1983: galvanized, Then, the CEO has also done a great classic from the famous movie Dirty Dancing , suggestively titled Time of my life , what is in the background during the final scene of redemption of the protagonists and that in the words makes it clear that what was experienced by Steve in these years not far from Seattle was the best time of his life .Whatever the reason, the era Ballmer is going to end. Very soon the committee chaired by John W. Thompson will have to comment on the chosen successor as the new CEO, and in an interview with the Wall Street Journal is himself makes it clear that the selection process is going forward, with the substantial contribution (but, he says, not decisive) Bill Gates, and that the disappearance of the CEO should not necessarily be interpreted as a loss of confidence of the board, but rather the awareness of Ballmer not be the right man in the right place in a process of organizational change that has just begun and will last many years.

To drive this change, apart from the name of Stephen Elop who became more insistent after the acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft, seems to be in pole position the current Ford CEO Alan Mulally . After the initial denial of the fact, it is said that the business-man who has made the fortune of the Detroit automaker has seriously considered the idea of ??replacing his friend Steve Ballmer in Redmond: Mulally knows Seattle (there we are the offices of Boeing, where he was CEO), has hands-on experience necessary to carry forward the corporate restructuring and spiritual event that Microsoft needs, has a public figure very pleasant and strong communication skills and empathy that could make Big M brand more appealing to users. If they are roses bloom, meanwhile AllThingsD do know that if there is someone to bet on it might be worth to name Mulally.

Luca Annunziata