G+_Keith Newlander Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I have a question that occurred to me while listening to this past TWiT's conversation about Microsoft Office for the iPad. Why is everyone giving Satya Nadella credit for this? There is no possible way that it started development when he became CEO. This thing had to be in the pipeline for the last couple of years. Did Balmer say "Ok, you can start it, but you can't release it until I'm gone"? I realize that Nadella is CEO now, but Office for iPad feels like we're giving him credit for someone else's idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason blodgett Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Steve ballmer just retired with a net worth of $15,000,000,000. Somehow i think he'll find a way to go on, even if he isn't personally given credit for the release of office for ipad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_A.J. Bobo Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The thing the panel said that really seemed off to me was "This never would have happened under Balmer". And the fact is that the majority of the work did happen under Balmer. Not that I think Balmer deserves too much credit here, either. There's a project manager at Microsoft who really deserves the credit that Nadella is getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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