> 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

> 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.