[Info-vax] Maybe a bit OT, maybe not.. in any case an interesting article

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/14/2012 9:38 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> With regards to Microsoft.
>
> My gut tells me that Microsoft was really Bill Gates' baby. With him
> gone and the company runned by Balmer, my sense is that Microsoft has
> lost its sense of ambition and direction and leadership.
>
> My sense is that Microsoft's attempt at re-entering the mobile market
> was not driven from within but rather due to external pressure from
> shareholders and media asking MS how come it wasn't in the mobile market.
>
> For the desktop, while the statistics are still fairly harsh, don't
> discount Apple. Mac laptops are seen everywhere, and more and more, you
> see iMacs on desks. (this, despite Steve Jobs despising the
> business/enterprise market where his reality distortion field didn't
> work so well).
>
> If MS started its downfall after Gates' departure, we'll have to give
> Tim Cook a few years to see if he can contition to keep Apple in a
> leadership position after Steve Jobs.
>
> Digital's total failure in marketing has made me more aware of the need
> to market. And so far, Apple has done a most incredible job of selling
> iCubes (ice:-)  to inuit. (eskimos).


Ballmer has been CEO of MS for 12 years.

And he has had a bunch of successes (Windows XP/7/2003/2008,
.NET, Sharepoint, XBOX, Azure) and a bunch of failures (Windows Vista,
Bing, Windows Phone).

It is well known that MS the last decade has been plagued
by many turf wars. And that has definitely slowed down
the innovation.

Arne