[Perceval]

Bach may have been fired precisely because HP bought Palm rather than continuing as a Windows Mobile customer: http://blog.asymco.com/2010/05/25/the-reason-robbie-bach-was...

J Allard has apparently ruled out working for Google or Apple, and wants to focus on extreme sports instead: http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/05/bach_allard_leaving...

[evo_9]

Man, what's really scary is that I thought this article was going to be about how MS lost out to HP in the Palm deal, and that's why they fired him. But it sounds like they never even considered this, and it was more about 'losing a key client'.

Wow, I really thought they had a better grasp of the market trends and were at least aware of the major problems they face.