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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by jahewson on Friday August 23, 2013 @12:33PM (#6264607)
.NET started as COM2 back in 1998 along with a predecessor of C#, so I'm disinclined to give ballmer credit for it. Likewise, Kinect was brought to Microsoft by an Israil R&D firm, it was not home grown.

Kudos for executing, but the vision thing was always missing with Ballmer. He didn't just miss mobile, he laughed at it. He will be remembered for Windows Vista.

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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by bskap on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:40PM (#6265471)
Kinect was home-grown, then halfway through they realized an Israeli company did it cheaper so they used that instead. The far more accurate version of Kinect releasing with the Xbox One doesn't use any of PrimeSense's tech.
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