If Microsoft decides to bring in a leader from the outside, it might consider EBay Inc. CEO John Donahoe or try to recruit Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Pacific Crest's Barnicle said.
As it's been pointed out in the comments there, ^ rumors such as this are commonly floated in the finance world, for whatever reasons may be. Think about how many times the rumor of ebay buyout/selloff/split-up has been out there? One just very recently iirc