It's mainly been flat due to Ballmer being in charge....don't see him lasting there much longer...many want him out of there because he's basically ruined the company for the most part with his idiotic comments and leadership. Some of his best...
Theres no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. Its a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, Id prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.
-Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, 30 April 2007
$500 fully subsidized with a plan! I said that is the most expensive phone in the world and it doesnt appeal to business customers because it doesnt have a keyboard, which makes it not a very good email machine
. I like our strategy. I like it a lot
.Right now were selling millions and millions and millions of phones a year, Apple is selling zero phones a year. In six months, theyll have the most expensive phone by far ever in the marketplace and lets see
lets see how the competition goes.
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, 17 January 2007
I do believe Microsoft will 'pop' soon ..probably gain $10-$20 dollars in the next year with their Windows 8 tablets...they'll probably move into the #2 spot over the next year.