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> Microsoft has all the pieces - money , good engineers, marketing etc. They don't have the most important thing. Leadership. Everything about Ballmer reminds
by pavs 16y ago
> Microsoft has all the pieces - money , good engineers, marketing etc.
They don't have the most important thing. Leadership. Everything about Ballmer reminds me of a salesperson who is trying over-hype a product in to selling it to you. With very little knowledge as to what the product actually does.
Like Ballmer, Steve Jobs is also not a tech nerd (in the sense that they are not developers/programmers or engineers), but Steve always seems to have a more in-depth knowledge about Apple products and knows it inside out.
On the other hand the top three guys at Google are hackers.
Leadership matters.
- junklight 16y agoheh heh - that was what I was trying to say. I think I need more coffee this morning....
- wazoox 16y ago> Like Ballmer, Steve Jobs is also not a tech nerd Though Jobs isn't a certified engineer, he did wrote code, soldered chips on motherboards, etc. He certainly knows what parts a computer is made of, how software works, etc.
- sprout 16y ago>he did wrote code It's 'did write.' Just FYI, in case you're not native and that wasn't just an auto-complete gaffe.
- elblanco 16y agoJobs has a wonderful concept of the user experience that he tries to enforce on all of Apple's products. If you notice, the underlying technology is really 2nd or 3rd on the list. How the user interacts with it, what their workflow is, how the software presents itself. These are all paramount. Ballmer's focus seems to be on metrics and sales figures instead.