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This is BS. Ballmer was a worst thing that could happen to any company of a Microsoft scale. Under his guidance Microsoft stock stalled in a trading range for
by gesman 8y ago
This is BS.
Ballmer was a worst thing that could happen to any company of a Microsoft scale.
Under his guidance Microsoft stock stalled in a trading range for more than a decade, he was always late to any big game and had that "me too!" laggard strategy for the biggest innovations (cloud, search, mobile) thinking he can buy his way ahead to compensate for the lack of vision and boneheadedness.
It was funny watching MSFT stock to suddenly pop up 8-10% at a slightest rumor of Bill Gates returning.
Tim Cook is nothing like that. He may not be Steve Jobs, but he is not screwing AAPL either.
- zeroname 8y agoLooking at stock price is a poor indicator of performance, it's too tied to market sentiment. Remember when Elon Musk smoked that joint and Tesla stock took a 10% hit? It's all nonsense. Look at revenue, look at earnings per share. Steady growth for Ballmer across his tenure. He did a good job.
- gesman 8y agoAs a shareholder (disclaimer: i am not) I'd rather have stock rising with bad numbers than stock stalled with good numbers. Having said that, my hands are itching to (disclaimer: i am not financial adviser) buy leap puts on TSLA.
- zeroname 8y agoThat's because you'd rather reap the benefits of market irrationality than solid business fundamentals. Admittedly, that attitude has worked well in the past ahem fifteen years. The thing with irrationality is that it's hard to predict. The people that make the right bet get hailed as genius visionaries, the losers are simply forgotten. A good CEO is not a gambler, they're consistent and they can execute, but alas that's not good material to dramatize in the media.