@masfima1 @parchisi You don't care if the video game companies all go bankrupt, as long as they keep making video games so you can read about them....makes sense. You mind if I try some of what you're smoking?
I think an outside perspective from an excellent and accomplished leader would be good for Microsoft. Too many people want people from inside the industry taking over, but it is that kind of inbreeding that leads to idea stagnation and complacency. If you are in a certain environment too long, you get used to certain ways of doing things and you get stuck on a single track of thought processes. You do things because "that's the way its always been done." Sometimes it takes an outsider to come in and start questioning the status quo, injecting some fresh thinking while shaking up the establishment. I think Microsoft can use that more than anything right now.
@dussan2 @masfima1 Mulally was the CEO of Boeing before going to Ford. People said the same thing...he couldn't be successful because he didn't know anything about cars. As a manager and leader, its your job to lead PEOPLE and make them work together as a team. If anything, that's what Mulally did at Ford, squashing out the little mini-fiefdoms and streamlining processes. The result was much improved products and a more profitable bottom line...all without much knowledge or passion for cars.
@masfima1 Well, when the dudes are running companies that produce some of your favorite games/consoles/etc and that decision can either help the company sink or swim, then you should care at least a little. Too many people give too few F**ks these days then wonder why everything is going to hell.
@Vodoo He has lead multiple multi-billion dollar companies to success, Boeing and Ford. I remember when he went to Ford from Boeing, people were saying the same thing about him not know anything about the car business..."he drives a Lexus for chrissakes." Good managers and leaders can be successful no matter where they go.
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