Locked: Clickbait: Bill Gates: If new MS CEO Nadella wants to spin off Xbox biz, "I'm absolutely for it"

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daredevil.shark on 05 May 2014

Edit: Clickbait twitter.

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Gates, the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, said he’s been helping new CEO Satya Nadella transition into his new leadership role and that he would support Nadella if the new CEO proposed a spinoff of one of Microsoft’s units.

But Gates said he didn’t foresee either Bing, the company’s search engine division, or Xbox, its gaming division, as potential stand-alone companies because they are part of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/691088-xbox-one/69170154

just a click bait link

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Source: https://twitter.com/LizClaman/statuses/463329156147601408

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DerNebel on 05 May 2014

I think he just means that he won't meddle in business decisions like this. IF the CEO wanted to do this, then Bill Gates wouldn't interfere.

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Azerth on 05 May 2014

Gates, the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, said he’s been helping new CEO Satya Nadella transition into his new leadership role and that he would support Nadella if the new CEO proposed a spinoff of one of Microsoft’s units.

But Gates said he didn’t foresee either Bing, the company’s search engine division, or Xbox, its gaming division, as potential stand-alone companies because they are part of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/691088-xbox-one/69170154

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Jaywood2010 on 05 May 2014

Gates, the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, said he’s been helping new CEO Satya Nadella transition into his new leadership role and that he would support Nadella if the new CEO proposed a spinoff of oneof Microsoft’s units.

But Gates said he didn’t foresee either Bing, the company’s search engine division, or Xbox, its gaming division, as potential stand-alone companies because they are part of Microsoft’s long-term strategy.

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fleischr on 05 May 2014

DerNebel said:
I think he just means that he won't meddle in business decisions like this. IF the CEO wanted to do this, then Bill Gates wouldn't interfere.

Fair enough. But if there wasn't a legitimate business case for it, Gates would have shot down the idea entirely. He's still the chairman.

"Mr. Gates, will Microsoft ever spin-off/sell MS Office into another business?"

I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

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