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I think you're are a bit unfair to Ballmer, recently he admitted that they were late to the game but he was pushing for hardware and was not supported by the bo

I think you're are a bit unfair to Ballmer, recently he admitted that they were late to the game but he was pushing for hardware and was not supported by the board[1]. Not everything MS is doing is becaus Ballmer is gone but also because Ballmer prepared Microsoft for it. [1]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-04/steve-ballmer-says-smartphones-broke-his-relationship-with-bill-gates https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-04/steve-bal...

ohitsdom 10y ago
> everything MS is doing is becaus Ballmer is gone but also because Ballmer prepared Microsoft for it. There is very little evidence for this. An argument can be made for laying the ground work for Azure, but Ballmer had nothing to do with MS's recent efforts in open source and other exciting newer initiatives in the company.