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I think that .NET was being developed some time before Ballmer ascended to the CEO throne. Gates probably had more to do with it than him.

Ballmer is/was probably a good CEO for a conservative, old school company, which can derive profits from a stable and well used product line.

But that's not what MS is/was advertised as being about. In that circumstance, Ballmer is the wrong type of CEO.