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Ballmer Hits 10th Anniversary As Microsoft CEO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bill-icon-remains-intact dept.

bednarz writes "Ten years ago on Jan. 13, 2000, Microsoft's Bill Gates turned over the CEO reins to Steve Ballmer. Back in 2000, Microsoft was still under threat of being broken up by the Department of Justice. Today, Ballmer is trying to meld enterprise and cloud computing. He has spent the past decade working through lawsuits, mergers, acquisitions, competitive battles and, of course, new software including Windows 7, which could become the legacy of his leadership at Microsoft. Not that we'll ever forget Ballmer's 'developers, developers, developers' rant."

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  1. Re:but..... by nschubach · · Score: 0, Troll

    Heck, the market didn't really take off until Windows XP ("ultra-low-cost-PC") was introduced and everyone lock-stepped the Microsoft requirements.

    Got a cite for that?

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