Microsoft's Ballmer to retire

Something tells me this wasn’t a decision he made on his own.

The board, investors, pundits, etc have been pretty unhappy with his leadership for a while now. There have been a LOT of calls for his resignation.

I’d be amazed if this wasn’t either a “everyone decided it was best for everyone” thing or if he was simply forced out and this is the best way to present it to the public.