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Does Ballmer Need To Go?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the strike-two-and-the-crowd-goes-wild dept.

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."

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  1. He clearly forgot the roots of their success ... by wildem · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We all know it was developers, developers, developers, developers .

  2. Re:Xbox Fiasco, Zune, Vista, Stock Price by dhavleak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Personally, I have no opinion as to whether Balmer stays on or not.. The topic of this thread and my post was Ballmer.

    you:
      - For every Twitter, there are several Microsoft Astroturfers and a Genuine Believer here or there.
      - There are so many different Twitter accounts, maybe you're confused.
      - there is nothing Microsoft "sells" that I find compelling to lease on a computer
      - I find their system ugly and non-productive
      - Microsoft has set back innovation in computer software by decades

    *sigh*
    Are you claiming to be any different from twitter?