Jean-Louis Gassée: The new CEO faces a huge task trying to turn around the fortunes of the once-great tech company
Jean-Louis Gassée: The decline of PC sales finally caught up with Microsoft, resulting in weak quarterly results that force Steve Ballmer to admit a strategic mistake and propose a radical change of direction
Jean-Louis Gassée: After repeatedly tweaking its divisional structure, Microsoft tries a more radical realignment along functional lines like, you know, that other company
Jean-Louis Gassée: The unveiling of Microsoft's new Surface tablet raised more questions than it answered
Jean-Louis Gassée: Microsoft has a Big Forking Decision to make – the splitting of Windows devices into two incompatible strains is not the way it usually does things
Jean-Louis Gassée: Why did Microsoft pay $8.5bn for a business that has changed hands so many times, never made money, and comes with substantial debt?