Ballmer's final shareholder letter outlines the future for Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled his plan to transform the software maker into a devices and services company during his shareholder letter last year, but this year's final address is more about reflection, execution, and a future with a new Microsoft CEO. Ballmer is planning to retire from Microsoft within the next 12 months, and he says he's writing his last shareholder letter "as the CEO of the company I love." That love was demonstrated clearly recently when he bid a tearful farewell to Microsoft during his final company meeting speech.

Ballmer's final shareholder letter notes that Microsoft is still in the "early days" of its transformation into a promise of a family of devices and services. After launching Windows 8, a...

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