Forbes Names Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Worst CEO

New submitter _0x783czar writes "Microsoft haters gleefully have latched on to the latest scoop that a Forbes columnist has named Steve Ballmer the worst CEO. It seems that the article has leveled some strong accusations of irresponsible and ineffective business practices; claiming that Microsoft has not progressed over the last 12 years of Ballmer's leadership. (Full disclosure: I'm not a Microsoft fan myself and tend to agree with this piece.)"

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Re:Worse?

[A nonymous Coward]

Microsoft has never innovated. Their biggest own-work was Clippy. They got where they were pre-Ballmer due to lockin and monopolistic practices. Gates bailed in time, Ballmer was left holding a banana which was starting to get past its sell-by date. Ballmer's biggest flaw was being too shortsighted to see what Gates saw and gladly taking over control of what he thought was an automatic money factory. Gates' biggest flaw was not caring about Microsoft any more and handing over control to an unimaginative fanboy who couldn't lead into the new reality.