Microsoft not good enough for you, eh? 'Next Steve Ballmer' drives to Google

fast forward a couple of years

"Ford and Google announce strategic partnership on driverless cars with a view to a possible merger"

So, Mulally is going to be the driverless car's chief tester?

I for one welcome the arrival of our new Googlord.

he's not a crash dummy

what he's done with and at Ford over the years shows he's no dummy so why would he want to go to a company with a shrinking brand and a shrinking market when there is Google and all the interesting things they have been doing and succeeding at? Not a crash dummy.

So this guy's moving from a car manufacturing company to one of the world's largest technology company.

So he's obviously well qualified. Perhaps he'll be able to help them build cars, so I guess there is that.

Think I'll try my hand at brain surgery. They use computers, right?

The "Next Steve Ballmer".

"'Next Steve Ballmer' leaves Ford for GOOGLE"

As a Windows user, the very last thing that I would want to see is another Steve Ballmer at Microsoft.

As a person who considers Google to be a borderline (and sometimes way, way over the borderline) criminal organization, there is nothing I am happier to see, than the "next Steve Ballmer" joining Google.

Here's hoping "the next Steve Ballmer" does to Google, what the original Steve Ballmer did to Windows.

I wouldn't lose sleep...

...over Google's autonomous car as it isn't likely to see the streets before 2020 or even later.

"General Motors said the Google car could become a “serious competitive threat” to the car industry."

I think General Motors themselves are considered to be a serious competitive threat to themselves with some of the things that are coming into the light about their own cars, engineering, quality, management, etc.....

Anyone ever wonder how these guys seem to go from place to place, doing nothing but making money and messes?

Sometimes...

...Corporate news, particularly corporate personnel news, is better than the Soap Operas on daytime TV.

Not working in car division

Various reports all said that he will be working in an internal audit role on the board. Probably more financial related rather then cars as he did wonders turning around Ford's balance sheet.