Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft

Re:Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft by geoka9 on Friday November 15, 2013 @05:49PM (#6742681)

"Steve was a phenomenal leader who racked up profits and market share in the commercial business, but the new CEO must innovate in areas Steve missed—phone, tablet, Internet services, even wearables."

Why does MS insist it has to be everywhere there's any money to be made? Apple is happy being a phone/tablet company, Google is the Internet gig, but MS has to have a finger in every pie, right?

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Re:Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft by lostoptimist on Friday November 15, 2013 @06:08PM (#6742738)

"Google is the Internet gig"

That's not really true. Google is trying to capture nearly everything, too. Enterprise (docs), phone, tablet, computer, search, advertising, social, ISP, wearable products (Glass), etc.

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Re:Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft by thatthatis on Saturday November 16, 2013 @02:08AM (#6744021)

And cars and solar power

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Re:Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft by jiggy2011 on Friday November 15, 2013 @05:56PM (#6742707)

I guess because they always have, it's the position they are most comfortable in. A company where everybody uses Windows desktops and Windows tablets and phones is much more likely to buy Office and Windows servers because of the whole vertical integration. Once you start letting non MS technology through the door you start to lose that and people will look more closely at non MS solutions in other areas.

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