> It seems like these are Nadella’s successes. If you believe the company's culture can be turned around in a year, sure. Personally, I don't believe these cha

> It seems like these are Nadella’s successes. If you believe the company's culture can be turned around in a year, sure. Personally, I don't believe these changes could have been delivered by Nadella if he had inherited the 2000's Microsoft, which was a consumer product company. Sure, he missed out on smartphones. By that mark, should we indict Google's leadership for G+ failing against Facebook? > Meanwhile, during Ballmer’s time at the helm, the stock price was flat the entire time Well, stock price isn't everything. Ballmer certainly wasn't Jack Welch. My point is that he positioned the company to succeed, not that he communicated well about this positioning.