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Five Years of Ballmer -- the Effect on Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-captain-my-captain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the five years since Bill Gates surprised the technology world by announcing he would give up his title as chief executive at Microsoft to Steve Ballmer, the company has changed significantly. Ballmer is largely credited for tripling the company's cash balance, with sales growing from less than $23 billion in 2000 to $36.8 billion last year. Critics claim that today, we see a much 'gentler' side of Microsoft and Ballmer seems to have received an "A" in Wall Street's eyes."

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  1. PR Translation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Everyone is fooled, prepare for phase 2..."

  2. Five sweat-drenched words... by falcon203e · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give it up for meeeeeeeeeee!!!

    --
    ----- "All right. It was a miracle. Can we go now?"
  3. Is it time to shout? by jaredbpd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Developers! Developers! Developers! Developers!

    (Anyone still have that video?)

  4. Or in Slashdot speak by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chairman Gates: Lord Ballmer.

    CEO Ballmer: Yes Chairman?

    Chairman Gates: Rise...

    Emper^H^H^HChairman Gates: Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design. Your friends, up there in the Justice Department, are walking into a trap, as is your OSS community. It was *I* who allowed the users to know the location of the source code. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. An entire legion of my best coders awaits them. Oh, I'm afraid the DRM will be quite operational when Longhorn arrives.