"You have neglected to discuss the many many failures Uncle Fester was responsible for....Even my pre-teen children knew it was destined for failure..." Sure,

"You have neglected to discuss the many many failures Uncle Fester was responsible for....Even my pre-teen children knew it was destined for failure..." Sure, even your pre-teen children and other arm-chair analysts would have grown revenue and earnings like Ballmer did. It's easy to say "revenue and profit increased tremendously over Ballmer's tenure" but find a thing here and there. How about wondering how bad Microsoft might have been under a different CEO? Ballmer's Microsoft might have screwed up a few things (who hasn't!) but a nice $25 Billion profit a year allows room for that. P.S. These writers get paid to write and attract clicks : Ballmer is in the news so I am gonna fill my quota with Ballmer today.