Steve Ballmer Was "Forced Out"
 

This ComputerWorld article is claiming that Steve Ballmer was "forced out by the board," contrary to Microsoft's claim that its CEO is retiring. Obviously this is just an analyst guessing but it does seem plausible. What do you think? Thanks to [H] forum member mobusta1 for the link. Steve Ballmer was forced out of his CEO chair by Microsoft's board of directors, who hit the roof when the company took a $900 million write-off to account for an oversupply of the firm's struggling Surface RT tablet, an analyst argued today.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/08/...as_forced_out/