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Microdoft lost developpers when they traded bill gates for steve ballmer. Putting a salesman on top instead of someone who knows the art is the surest way a com
by bsaul 13y ago
Microdoft lost developpers when they traded bill gates for steve ballmer. Putting a salesman on top instead of someone who knows the art is the surest way a company can completely loose itself.
We've seen that over and over again. There's a reason why in the old family business boss' s sons had to start from the bottom, doing grunt work first for some years, then climb the ladder little by little, until they could pretend to replace their fathers as the boss.
- megablast 13y agoDo you really think things would be any different under Bill? I am not sure what you think would change.
- bsaul 13y agoI'm sure it would. Salesmen always see money first, art seconds, and they can't have intuition or give general direction regarding technical aspects. An example of that is windows 8 fiasco with its mix of tablet and desktop UI and surface fiasco. It is clear that they are following trends, but don't know where they're going. I can easily imagine ballmer looking at market shares and numbers to make choices issues by issues. That kind of thinking leads to products that are in the middle of nowhere.
- rbanffy 13y agoI don't think billg sees art first and money/power second, but, at least, he can see art. It sure seems Ballmer doesn't get programming in any meaningful way.