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About LinkBacksRead more.He will leave within 12 months. Coincidentally Microsoft’s share price spikes upwards.
Read more.He will leave within 12 months. Coincidentally Microsoft’s share price spikes upwards.
Bye bye, Monkeyboy!
Don't worry, you won't be missed.
I foresee a multi-storied, palatial retirement villa, crafted from unsold Surface RT tablets.
On a large island. Also built from unsold Surface RT tablets.
It was time for him to leave. Microsoft has made mistakes in the past but under Ballmer's leadership they've made glaring ones.
A man must have code -Bunk
I'll put it another way, under him revenue has steadily grown, the company has expanded into areas it wasn't in before. When he took over it was marred in the depths of anti-trust. Under him the entertainment division has flourished, new areas such as cloud have done well.
The man has the media personality of a waxed chimp, but that doesn't mean he has done a bad job running the firm. If I am able to look back in 15 years and see the growth he was steward over, I'll be very happy indeed.
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Maybe they'll bring the start bar back properly and kill off Metro now in Windows 9
MS have had a few success stories since 2000, such as the Xbox 360 platform and Windows Phone platform growth in the past couple of years. The Office products have always been a nice earner for MS too.. But, to be honest, whoever is in charge of Marketing and/or PR needs to be escorted out of the building!
Wth was that all about?Originally Posted by kalniel
*shrugs* He loves Microsoft, like he said.
I'd say something but I'm hurrying off to YouTube to find clips of waxed chimps facing the media....
There are more
Microsoft needs more intregration between it's different markets (Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone, Xbox)
I feel that Ballmer's time at Microsoft has largely been positive. He made many mistakes, and it's possible others could have done it better, but he was no worse than Bill Gates.
I feel that Microsoft does have a slight problem of direction currently, and the multiple changes in policy it makes as a response to consumer opinions shows this. The fact that Microsoft is so responsive is good, but the fact that it makes these mistakes isn't.
Even with RT, it's not far from being good, it's just that Microsoft threw away its biggest advantage, the open software market. Add the ability to run desktop programs on RT, and it should be a lot more successful.
it seems he was a good person to put infront of a room of geeky/nerdy developers, but in a time when Microsoft is trying to advertise and appeal to the 'apple' market, he doesn't have the same kind of charisma. I think apple are suffering from a similar problem by having Tim Cook in there to be honest.
Probably a good time for him to step down and stick someone a bit younger with a bit more connection to the attitudes of modern society.
Think this is good for Microsoft as its impossible t take Ballmer Seriously
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