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The scaling on the graph makes it difficult to tell, but it looks like the stock price fell soon after Balmer took over and has gone up and down since then, but
by 1053r 16y ago
The scaling on the graph makes it difficult to tell, but it looks like the stock price fell soon after Balmer took over and has gone up and down since then, but mostly held steady. Why would he be sacked now, if he's survived almost 10 years with similar performance?
- gojomo 16y agoBecause investors' patience isn't infinite? In Ballmer's defense, MSFT has outpaced NASDAQ over the past 10 years, and has been paying dividends the whole time, so the performance isn't quite as bad as the flat-to-sinking stock price suggests.
- jbellis 16y agoPedantic note: MSFT started paying dividends in 2003, 1/3 of the way through the Ballmer period.