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Ballmer tried to save Microsoft by killing the Internet, creating the opening for Google to become the industry leader

• m0zg 7y ago
  I think you're confusing him with Gates. Although Ballmer did refuse to buy Google when he could. Would have been a drop in the bucket. I forgot, BTW, he also spun up the ad and search businesses: the only reason there's any alternative to Google at all.
  • ddalex 7y ago
    Arguably, if he would've bought Google, we wouldn't have the internet as we have it today: people would've payed for search, as for the OS and Office suite: $10 per 1000 queries per month. Hmmm, maybe that've been for the better.
    • m0zg 7y ago
      There'd be a heck of a lot fewer ads for sure.