Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presented the nine startups who composed the first batch of Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Berlin.
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Co-founding chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer had sought for re-election in Microsoft's board of directors, said a Reuters report.
In a company-wide employee meeting Thursday, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer made his final farewell with songs, dances and quips against the company's rivals.
In a interview at a Harvard fundraising campaign, Microsoft chairman and founder Bill Gates admitted that the keyboard combination of Control, Alt and Delete keys to log into a PC was a mistake and should had only been one key.
The search for the new head of Microsoft would be a closely-watched development in the technology industry.
According to several sources who told Reuters, Ford Motor Co CEO Alan Mulally and Computer Sciences Corp CEO Mike Lawrie were endorsed by at least three of Microsoft Corp's top 20 investors for the CEO role.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally said he would remain as the company's head at least through 2014 following reports that Microsoft Corp. had recruited him.
According to a Bloomberg report, shareholder pressure would most likely influence the incoming CEO of Microsoft to take drastic measures to increase shareholder value and possibly spin off the XBox video game division.
CEO Steve Ballmer had announced resignation from Microsoft leaving the company with no apparent heir.
An analysis by Bloomberg said that the next CEO of Microsoft would face a lot of big choices to make after Steve Ballmer's resignation.
