And now a word from Mr. Balmer

[Dillenger]

Steve looks like he is trying to cast a spell in the photo.


http://finance.yahoo.com/career-wor...vercome-mobile-missteps?mod=career-leadership

 

[Intell]

"And over there is where all the silly [insert name of company here] people sit"

 

[RawBert]

Mr. Ballmer: In a sense, you could say we missed a cycle. We had some execution issues from an R&D perspective. In the time frame since the last significant release certainly the industry has moved, the technology has moved, the hardware has moved.

The epitome of an Understatement.

 

[Bernard SG]

WSJ: If you look at the market share stats, the Apple guys have done well, the Android guys have really surged and you guys have lost share the past couple years. How hard is it to make that ground back up?

Mr. Ballmer: We'll see. The fact that things have been pretty dynamic means that they're probably still pretty dynamic.

WTF

Seriously, a company like Microsoft deserves to have anyone but Ballmer as CEO. The guy is totally devoid of vision.
When you read the whole interview, there's absolutely no mention of the direction he wants to take Microsoft to. Zilch.

 

[Bonch]

Translation: Stealing stuff has worked well for us in the past, so that is our business model for the future. Why change a good thing?

 

[patrick0brien]

The epitome of an Understatement.

True. But this statement seems to be the epitome of several things, yours and: "I have no idea how to lead a company but I can cover that up with business-speak and hypnotize the stockholders and analysts into thinking I do know what I'm doing."

 

[dXTC]

True. But this statement seems to be the epitome of several things, yours and: "I have no idea how to lead a company but I can cover that up with business-speak and hypnotize the stockholders and analysts into thinking I do know what I'm doing."

In that case, he needs to go back to hypnosis class. The article mentioned that his last fiscal-year bonus was withheld because of missteps like the Kin.

 

[patrick0brien]

Agreed. Even the analysts are beginning to doubt him: Linkypoo

 

[rprebel]

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ballmer is always entertaining, at least.