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____/ Rex Ballard on Wednesday 13 Jan 2010 19:42 : \____
> On Jan 13, 2:07 pm, nessuno <nessuno7...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <Quote>
>> The Harvard Busines Review just published an analysis of the top 100
>> CEOs in the world, and the results don't bode well for Microsoft.
>> Steve Ballmer didn't even make the list, while Apple's Steve Jobs
>> topped it at number 1.
> </Quote>
>
> One of they key considerations was market cap change. Bill left just
> as Vista was being released, there was lots of speculation on how
> great it would be, which drove the price up, and therefore the
> capitalization. Bill went out on a high note. Steve had to deal with
> the reality of a failed release which was rejected by corporate
> customers, increasing pressure from Apple, Linux, and Open Source
> software that was threatening revenue streams such as Microsoft Office
> and SQL Server. At the same time, he had to make some huge
> concessions to netbook producers in order to get them to replace Linux
> with Windows on the machines that were displayed in the retail
> stores. Add to that the bankruptcies of Gateway, Circuit City,
> CompUSA, and the rise of Acer and ASUS, who had created their own
> markets without Microsoft for over 10 years.
>
> Ballmer also didn't have access to the brilliant mind of Bill Gates II
> (the rich kid's rich father).
>
> Worse yet, Steve Ballmer tried to hide the losses by cashing in
> receivables, and other "shell games" that were barely legal. It was
> very transparent, and often a few hours after the headlines showed
> Microsoft with huge gains, the investors started selling because they
> could see the huge losses.
>
> Steve has also worn very thin on the OEMs who are now demanding more
> concessions in order to keep their PC divisions afloat.
>
> Add to that a big fat recession, lack of available credit, and other
> disincentives, and it's easy to see why Steve didn't make the list.
>
>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15292/harvard_business_review_microsof...
>
> http://hbr.org/2010/01/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world/ar/1
Microsoft is playing the "blame Ballmer" game (good cop, bad cop), but Gates
too is responsible for failures and crimes; they not only happened under his watch; he
_invoked_ many of them, as internal correspondence reveals.
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