I'd rather eat hot coals than use Windows but at the same time, I am awed by their business sense, and it seems rich to suggest that Ballmer is driving Microsoft into the ground when the profits show the opposite picture.
The share price might not have rocketed, but MSFT's net income is up from $5.355bn in 2002, hit $17.68bn in 2008, and even in 2009 was still $14.569bn. For 2000, pre-crash, it was ~$9bn when he took the reins. A 62% increase in net profits from a peak to today's trough is nothing to poo-poo.
Call Ballmer whatever you like, but the company, under his direction, is producing giant piles of cash even in these rough times.
The share price might not have rocketed, but MSFT's net income is up from $5.355bn in 2002, hit $17.68bn in 2008, and even in 2009 was still $14.569bn. For 2000, pre-crash, it was ~$9bn when he took the reins. A 62% increase in net profits from a peak to today's trough is nothing to poo-poo.
Call Ballmer whatever you like, but the company, under his direction, is producing giant piles of cash even in these rough times.