The job hasn't been posted-at least not yet. But the opening has been public knowledge since Aug. 23, and for some reason no candidate has stepped up to grab what would appear to be a dream gig: chief executive officer of Microsoft. In fact, much of the news around the position so far is the long list of people who've decided they'd rather fulfill their dreams elsewhere. Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm's No. 2 executive, was a serious candidate until he opted to take a promotion to CEO at the semiconductor company. EBay CEO John Donahoe and former VMware CEO Paul Maritz both took a pass on the Microsoft job, say five people with knowledge of the talks who aren't authorized to speak on the record.
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