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It also doesn't disqualify someone. At the end of the day, it's the shareholders decision.
by mseebach 14y ago
It also doesn't disqualify someone. At the end of the day, it's the shareholders decision.
- rbanffy 14y agoNo, but it's Ballmer's job to prove himself competent for the job he occupies. I'd be disappointed if he did that by voting for himself.
- gawker 14y agoThe company is still afloat and still profitable - he's doing a much better job than quite a few CEOs out there.
- rbanffy 14y agoI'll give you he's not the most incompetent CEO out there, but turning the Microsoft he received from Gates into something that's "still afloat" is not that much impressive.
- chongli 14y agoMicrosoft is losing the new operating system war in a big, BIG way. Just because the boat is still afloat doesn't mean it's not rotting below the water line.
- ladzoppelin 14y agoI would not be so sure about that. I know a lot of people who like Windows 8 and others eager to get a Windows 8 tablet Pro(Intel). The one OS across different devices could turn out to be a powerful choice.
- chongli 14y agoMicrosoft fired the guy who created Windows 8. That doesn't strike me as a positive move.
- genwin 14y ago> I know a lot of people who like Windows 8... My experience is the opposite. The reaction I see to Win8 is a lot more negative than the reaction to Vista. They are all power users though, or former power users considering that none of us can figure out how to do basic tasks in Win8.
- gawker 14y agoSure but they have their R&D arm and they easily have enough cash to acquire upcoming companies. Granted of course, they will need to be smart enough to spin money out of those things but they aren't in a dreadful position like Kodak was.
- ludston 14y agoNo it isn't, even if you feel like he doesn't deserve the position. It would be nice for us if he were replaced by someone more competent, but unfortunately the world doesn't believe in fairness...
- PeterisP 14y agoWell, if majority shareholders put in a crony that hurts the company as a whole but benefits those few shareholders personally (as could be argued to maybe be the Ballmer case) - then that is currently illegal and can be attacked in court by any minority shareholder.