Microsoft CEO candidate Stephen Elop said to consider selling Xbox business, killing Bing

[justinian]

Machiavellian said:

justinian said:

selnor1983 said:
LOL. This wont happen. People on the net are still really trying.

Microsoft are posting record profit in their entire history right now. Bing is gaining every year on Google and Xbox makes a lot of money on 360 generation.

But internet wannabes still trying to rock a boat. That's earning a quarter what Sony is worth in its entirety. Hell Microsoft made profit last quarter half of Apples worth.

These are not just people on the net selnor. Some are people very close to MS and Bill Gates.

Notice how people talk about selling Bing and the Xbox divisions as short term increase in revenue.  This is no different than Sony selling off a few buildings to post a profit.  These are the type of short term money dealings certain investors like to do to get a few nickles in their pockets.  The reason that MS will not get rid of the Xbox division and Bing is because long term goals see those parts of the company becoming more revelant as MS move away from purely software company to a tools and service.  This is MS big push into a tools and service company and Bing is a tool and service and so is the Xbox Division.  You can already see it with the branding everything Xbox and the direction of the console.

You do present a good point. Part of the problem is that certain investers do not want this. They want MS to return to what they do best and are winning with rather than branch out into markets in which they can likely struggle.

The outcome depends on who wins this "vote".