I am not saying Ballmer is not to blame btw, just that the company was way ahead of the curve in understanding what the market wanted and where it was going. S

I am not saying Ballmer is not to blame btw, just that the company was way ahead of the curve in understanding what the market wanted and where it was going. So it isn't a matter of "they missed opportunities" so much as "they couldn't take advantage of important opportunities no matter how hard they tried."