The list of candidates for the post of Microsoft General Director has narrowed to five. The favorites in this race are considered Alan Mulally, head of Ford, and former director of Nokia Stephen Elop.
In particular, Elop intends to make popular office applications like Microsoft Word and Exel available on more devices. Elop believes that the full-featured versions of these products should go not only for Windows, but also for other operating systems, including Android and iOS.
Elop also considering selling gaming unit dedicated console Xbox. It is difficult to say whether such a move would be its own initiative or Elopa intends to act on the recommendations of Paul Allen, but get rid of the asset, regularly making profi. By the way, the search engine Bing, too, can become a victim of Elop reforms. As head of Nokia, Elop almost immediately decided to curtail development on the Symbian operating system and cut 40,000 jobs to reduce operating costs.