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What a terrible leader

• b800h 4y ago
  As mentioned in comments on the video, he's responsible for XBox and Azure, so not all bad.
  • random314 4y ago
    An Azure that was going to be Windows only. What Ballmer actually succeeded in doing was entrenching windows inside every enterprise Fortune 500 by basically bundling everything from Office, Sharepoint, SQL server etc. This business is still going strong and switching to a subscription model. Before Ballmer, Microsoft was a consumer OS company.
    • b112 4y ago
      Before Ballmer, Microsoft was a consumer OS company. Microsoft was always a business facing company. Companies used NT from the start of time, and every business on the planet has been using Windows since the 90s. Microsoft has spent its entire lifetime slowly strangling and destroying other businesses, and pulling them over to their product lines. Word vs Wordperfect is one example. Wordperfect used to be completely dominant. Ballmer may have etched up Windows dominance a few points in a few markets, and I agree he continued this trend. He continued to expand into new markets. But it seems very weird to hear someone say he is responsible for getting businesses to use Windows, or caused M$ to focus on businesses.
• Normille 4y ago
  >What a terrible leader How can you say that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrhoOHNOrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrhoOHNOrI Sorry. I couldn't resist dredging up this old classic. It used to be compulsory viewing any time Steve Ballmer was mentioned. Although, on a more practical level; with winter approaching and huge energy price rises on the horizon, the burning feeling of vicarious embarrassment you get while watching this might be a warm blessing on those cold December evenings ahead.