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Re:Steve Ballmer's Microsoft by Smudge on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @08:09PM (#3979640)
Welcome to consumer electronics. Comparatively speaking, Microsoft has fared quite well.
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Re:Steve Ballmer's Microsoft by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @08:41PM (#3979747)
Comparatively speaking, Apple has done much better in consumer electronics.
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Re:Steve Ballmer's Microsoft by lmm on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:01AM (#3981482)
Sure. Apple has done spectacularly well. It's a big jump from "not as good as Apple" to "worst CEO in America".
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Re:Steve Ballmer's Microsoft by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @07:27AM (#3981537)
I won't make any judgement on leadership, and want to just point out this fact. A peer of Microsoft is succeeding very well in consumer electronics, meaning Microsoft could potentially as well and would become insanely successful (big profits beyond enterprise). Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft and so would love for them to realize that potential. I'm sure it is much more complicated than "replace CEO" to get there.
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