Microsoft's new CEO is targeting two people: Elop and Mulally

Phoenix Science and technology news Beijing time November 28, according to Bloomberg reports, people familiar with the matter, as one of the more likely to become Microsoft's next CEO of a group of candidates, Ford CEO Mulally (Mulally) and internal executives Satia Nadira (Satyanadella) became the target of Microsoft's board of directors. While another Microsoft internal executive, Tony Betz Tonybates, and former Nokia CEO Elop (Elop) are still considering it, the chances of being tasked are relatively low, according to people familiar with the matter. However, another person familiar with the matter said that Microsoft had yet to identify priority candidates, others were also under consideration and could become a leader. Microsoft hopes to quickly look for a replacement for incumbent CEO Ballmer Ballmer, who announced in August this year that it will retire within 12 months. Microsoft's leading edge in the software sector is shrinking as the core business PC market shrinks. To compete with Apple and Google, Microsoft is moving from a traditional software business to hardware and Internet services. "The plan we announced last November has not changed," said Ford spokesman Jes Couny, "Jaycooney is still fully focused on implementing our ' one Ford ' plan." We did not comment on the speculation. Microsoft spokeswoman Frank Show Frankshaw declined to comment. (Compiling/Xiao Yu)