Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft - Several plausible reasons

It might be helpful to add the article's subtitle, so that it reads: "Why Steven Sinofsky is out at Microsoft - Let's Make Some Guesses"

Maybe he left because, you know... he wanted too?

Much more likely than Ballmer not feeling that Sinofsky is up to snuff for the CEO's job is that Ballmer is afraid the Board may view Sinofsky as a better candidate for the job than him. There <i>have</i> been some calls for Microsoft to get rid of Ballmer, and it's more difficult for them to do so if there are fewer viable alternatives.

It's out because he was fired. It's as simple as that.

maybe microsoft just wanted Forstall to take over ? :-P

Surprised this hasn't been posted:<p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bill-gates-sided-with-the-other-steve-ballmer-at-microsoft/" rel="nofollow">http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bil...</a><p>Basically Sinofsky was fired because Ballmer/Gates wanted more collaboration/integration between the other divisions. And Sinofsky is famous for protecting his fiefdom. Very similar to Forstall.