<story><title>Microsoft Said to Be Preparing to Make Satya Nadella CEO</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/microsoft-said-to-be-preparing-to-make-satya-nadella-ceo.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedmeyers</author><text>My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software&amp;#x2F;technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dm8</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t think BillG would have allowed hiring someone with an MBA and no background in software&amp;#x2F;technology. He is still the majority shareholder (from what I&amp;#x27;ve read) and sits on the board.</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft Said to Be Preparing to Make Satya Nadella CEO</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-30/microsoft-said-to-be-preparing-to-make-satya-nadella-ceo.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jedmeyers</author><text>My personal opinion is that for Microsoft this is a much better solution than to hire an external CEO with an MBA and no background in software&amp;#x2F;technology. If the news are true then I wish all the luck to Mr. Nadella.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zdw</author><text>Why? My experience has been that handing the reins tech companies over to accountants or &amp;quot;business people&amp;quot; has been fair to disastrous more frequently than handing them over to tech people with some business training.</text></comment>