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Does Ballmer Need To Go?
Pickens notes a TechCrunch analysis wondering — after Windows Vista and the failed Yahoo bid — whether Steve Ballmer's days at Microsoft are numbered. "Ballmer has been the big driver behind [the Yahoo] deal at Microsoft — some would say to the point of obsession. After the disaster that has been Windows Vista, Ballmer may have realized he needed to redeem himself in the eyes of Microsoft's board. And the 'transformative' deal with Yahoo was the way he was going to do it... If Microsoft's board loses patience with him, it might have to ask Bill Gates to temporarily come back as CEO until it finds a replacement. After all, Ballmer has already made a strong and convincing case for why Microsoft needs Yahoo to make its online and advertising strategy work. It's not clear whether Microsoft can achieve its objectives on its own or through other acquisitions. Maybe Ballmer thinks he can still do the deal by making Yahoo's stock price collapse and come back with a hostile offer."
And, the slowest moving company award goes to.......
How we know is more important than what we know.
The fastest moving chair in a company award goes to...
Science advances one funeral at a time- Max Planck
YES...YES...YES...!!!!
Microsoft dropped the Ballmer.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
If you think Bill Gates is the "chair"man, you must be new here...
The open source community should support Ballmer. He's been our best evangelist for almost a decade.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
That was a very good post. Spot on analysis, beautiful understanding of the situation with added insight into what really happened. Plus, riddled with spelling mistakes that would make any slashdot editor proud.
I believe this post will be the one I get nostalgic about when I reminisce in the work camp while the robotic overseers aren't looking.
Good GOD! Clearly Ballmer is responsible not just for Microsoft's downfall, but for a slump in the ENTIRE COMPUTER INDUSTRY! Burn him! BURN HIM!
Running mate for McCain? following in the Dick Cheney tradition of dark lord of the underworld?
Take over for Castro in Cuba?
Still time for a new manager of the Olympic Games in China. (or compete in the 500m chair toss.)
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23