Steve Ballmer Tells Employees: 'Stephen Elop Will Be Coming back to Microsoft' (MSFT)

As part of the stunning news that Microsoft will buy Nokia for EUR 5.44 billion in cash (about $7.17 billion), CEO Steve Ballmer told employees that Stephen Elop "will be coming back to Microsoft." Elop will become the new top dog for Microsoft's "devices" unit, responsible for the Surface PC. Is Ballmer also grooming Elop to become Microsoft's next CEO when Ballmer retires in the next 12 months? Elop has the kind of breath of experience required for the next CEO. He knows devices. He knows soft...