Kempin says that Ballmer has found a way to drive anyone in the company away who Ballmer saw as a threat to his leadership. He stated, "When you work that directly with Ballmer and Ballmer believes 'maybe this guy could someday take over from me', my God, you will have less air to breathe, that's what it comes down to."Kempin was Microsoft's head of Windows OEM sales and worked at the software giant between 1983 and 2002.
He feels that Ballmer should step down from CEO and become its chief operating officer, adding, "I respect that guy (Ballmer), but there are some limitations in what he can and can't do and maybe he hasn't realized them himself."
Ex-Microsoft executive criticizes Ballmer in exposé-book
Posted on Tuesday, January 22 2013 @ 13:55 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck