| Bladeforce said: I am not surprised who wrote this story at all. Kowenicki is Microsofts PR man? The slight increase is down to one thing Ballsup retiring, says much about the damage he has done to the company. They are being attacked from all angles. This man single handedly got the OS share for windows down from 95% to 20% (not desktop share before the fanboys complain, TOTAL OS share), laughed at the iphone as a non device, claimed Linux is a cancer which it now cant do anything against the openness of it. This man has thrown billions away in different markets (xbox, bing, windows phone) for very little gain. It is not surprising the investors in Microsoft wanted his head and are now making a line for Billy Boy Gates to leave the board too. The Office suite is being held up by a subscription model that they keep hiring the prices, they have alienated gamers, desktop users and programmers worldwide. All this article shows me is how their subscription model based on second rate software is on the verge of collapse. Would even a Microsoft fanboy have dreamt of Microsoft products being on other systems? The cellular division was, coveniently, hidden behind the trolling of patents with Android, their cellular makes nothing, zero. Their tablets are a flop, yes it is no wonder markets say sell and investors want heads |
Dude you need to learn to use paragraphs.
You are right on some counts. Ballmer leaving is what the investers wanted and they got their wish. The market reacted. This was actually discussed on the financial news and the analyst agrees with you to a point.
From a gaming perspective this is bad news because some investers also want rid of the xbox brand were heavy losses are covered by Android patents etc.,
All the top names mentioned to replace Ballmer don't come across as xbox friendly.
On a personal note I think Ballmer did a fine job. But as you said they want rid of him and Gates and seem set on going a totally different path.
MS is a strong comapany however with more than enough resources to see it progress in phones, tablets etc.,
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