The choice of Mullary who is not basically from technology industry is similar to the appointment of Ballmer who was from a sales background. Microsoft also finds relief in the example of Louis Gerstner who helped IBM find shore during its struggling stage even when he was from a totally different industry.

On a quick assessment on the performance of Microsoft its quite clear that even if the company is making an overall profit, the sales of its desktop PC is on a downward stake. Their online accomplishments and Bing search engine did not turn out successful. The Surface tablets by the manufacturer bought them a loss of millions of dollars and even after high investment in Windows phone the company still has only 4 percent of the global market share.

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