Steve Ballmer quits

Skybird · 08-23-13, 10:14 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23815563

Not too surprising, he did not manage to bring Microsoft into a competitive stance regarding the emerging tablet and phone market, and failed big time in the Vista 2.0 disaster that is named Windows 8, which he obviously hopelessly overestimated and instead stubbornly defended in its highly controversial design. That the new MS-made computers that try to be tablet and notebook in one, have not attracted customers due to a mix of being overpriced and not convincing customers by their design, cannot have helped to strengthen his position as a CEO.
I expected his fall from the release of W8 on, when that other major developer already had to go as well. Of course, they will never say anything different than that it is his voluntary and long-planned decision. What else could be expected?

The whole PC market is an kind of a revolution, it seems, with companies like HP struggling since long, and other former heavy weights like Apple feeling the sting of changing times increasingly, while Google for example is still rising. Indeed Google is rising to something that I consider to be threatening and fearful.

08-23-13, 10:14 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Steve Ballmer quits http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23815563 Not too surprising, he did not manage to bring Microsoft into a competitive stance regarding the emerging tablet and phone market, and failed big time in the Vista 2.0 disaster that is named Windows 8, which he obviously hopelessly overestimated and instead stubbornly defended in its highly controversial design. That the new MS-made computers that try to be tablet and notebook in one, have not attracted customers due to a mix of being overpriced and not convincing customers by their design, cannot have helped to strengthen his position as a CEO. I expected his fall from the release of W8 on, when that other major developer already had to go as well. Of course, they will never say anything different than that it is his voluntary and long-planned decision. What else could be expected? The whole PC market is an kind of a revolution, it seems, with companies like HP struggling since long, and other former heavy weights like Apple feeling the sting of changing times increasingly, while Google for example is still rising. Indeed Google is rising to something that I consider to be threatening and fearful. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.