A few days ago, the vaguely shocking news came out that Steve Ballmer is planning to retire as CEO of Microsoft in one year. The news was mostly a surprise because it seems as though Microsoft had no strategy for this eventuality. That alone makes this new rumor a little less believable, but we still wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true that Ballmer was pushed out because of the massive Surface RT failure...
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Questionable-rumor-Ballmer-pushed-out-because-of-900M-Surface-RT-debacle_id46744
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Questionable-rumor-Ballmer-pushed-out-because-of-900M-Surface-RT-debacle_id46744