At least you're admitting that Gates wouldn't have mystically fixed this. That seems to be more than a lot of people are capable of doing these days. I don't understand the love-fest for Gates, the rose-tinted glasses.
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At least you're admitting that Gates wouldn't have mystically fixed this. That seems to be more than a lot of people are capable of doing these days. I don't understand the love-fest for Gates, the rose-tinted glasses.
At least? I realize this is a long thread but this was at least the second time I'd said it. I'd mentioned several times that Microsoft's problems were baked into the corporate DNA by Gates and Ballmer, and that Ballmer consequently wasn't the person to fix them. So it wasn't an admission, it was the point.
No, no, I'm not saying "at least you're finally admitting it". Maybe I'm using the wrong term, but I have read oh so many people around here and around the idea that Gates would lead to unlimited growth.
Poor wording, I'll admit.
I just get frustrated at this Gates-worship.
Fair enough, but for the record, my frustration with Gates worship goes back well into the 1990s. Even then the flaws in his approach were pretty obvious to people who were able to look beyond the company's financial success. Not many did but for sure those chickens have come home to roost.
Since they are looking for a new CEO, why not get one with experience in the Computer industry?
I think that John Sculley would make an excellent leader for Microsoft. Especially with the knowledge he gained during his tenure at Apple, and the fact that even now he is known to give his opinion of what Apple should and shouldn't be doing. Microsoft should make use of all this talent.
I think that John Sculley would make an excellent leader for Microsoft. Especially with the knowledge he gained during his tenure at Apple, and the fact that even now he is known to give his opinion of what Apple should and shouldn't be doing. Microsoft should make use of all this talent.
Microsoft should convince Bill Gates to give up all that worthless charity work and philanthropy. Bill is the only one that can save Microsoft. Same analogy when Steve Jobs' return was the only thing that could save Apple in 1997. Microsoft is Bill's baby. He knows the company better than anyone else.
Come back home, Bill. Forget about those starving Africans and trying to save the world from malaria, AIDS and rap music. Microsoft's future success and profitability is more important!
/sarcasm
Come back home, Bill. Forget about those starving Africans and trying to save the world from malaria, AIDS and rap music. Microsoft's future success and profitability is more important!
/sarcasm
An interesting take on Steve Ballmer that makes a few very good points. Worth a read if you've got the time.
Also, props to newbies attempt above to crash a whole bunch of people's browsers.
Also, props to newbies attempt above to crash a whole bunch of people's browsers.
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