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Where did I say "Worst CEO of ALL TIME"?
And you intentionally ignored that part where I talked bout profits... Microsoft is making less and less profits... it's a fact... my opinion is not influenced by the medias on that.
Hey Simon, sorry, I didn't intend to put words in your mouth. I was thinking of the countless articles I've read this last year where Ballmer got the #1 spot on the "worst CEO" list. I don't know where you are getting your information from, but I assume it's from similar articles where Ballmer is often called "worst CEO of all time". That is how my inappropriate comment slipped in.
Anyway, if your main argument against Ballmer is based on Microsoft making "less and less profits", you might want to look at those "facts" again. As far as I can tell Microsoft's net income and quarterly revenue are just fine (see this chart). So, how do you reach your conclusion of ever dwindling profits? As that chart demonstrates, Microsoft's profits have been trending upwards during most of Ballmer's reign. Where's the problem? IMHO there is no real problem, it's just that Apple has been doing so much better (thanks to 400% margins on iPhone sales) and Microsoft's investors don't appreciate missing out on the action. However, that is Ballmer's problem, not consumers.
What browser wars? The enterprise still loves IE 6 | Webware - CNET
Not so bad if it was such a mess...
But I guess my 2cent worth less then your 5 cent Ba dum tsss.... *crickets*
CNET? Really? The truth is that enterprises don't love IE6, they hate it due to all the security issues it brings with it, but they are stuck with it. Why? Precisely for the reasons I mentioned earlier. With IE6 Microsoft deviated from the standards (hoping to control more of the internet themselves). Nevertheless, enterprises deployed it and built intranet applications on top of it... remember, this was the heyday of the internet before the dot-com bubble burst... we're talking about billions worth of applications built on top of a non-standards based browser. That is the mess! Do you really think those companies choose to be stuck in 2001 because they love IE6 so much? No, they really want all the security improvements and features that come with modern browsers, but updating all their intranet applications to work with browsers that are standards compliant is simply cost prohibitive. Nobody is happy with this situation, but the costs for improvement can't be justified either. If that isn't a mess I don't know what is.