Microsoft's Lost Decade 603
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theodp writes "Newsweek's Daniel Lyons (that's Fake Steve to you) explains why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates, arguing that what most hurt Microsoft was BillG's decision to step down as CEO in January 2000: 'Gates was a software geek. He understood technology. Ballmer is a business guy.' And the problem with putting non-techies in charge of tech companies, concludes Lyons, is that they have blind spots. So while Microsoft's revenues nearly tripled from $23B to $58B on Ballmer's watch, says Lyons, the company became bureaucratic and lumbering, slowing down while the rest of the world — including Google, Apple and Amazon — sped up."
I love this company! (Score:1, Funny)
Developers, Developers, Developers. [youtube.com]
Bill Gates understood technology? (Score:2, Funny)
Like, uh, the rise of the internet, which Windows 95 was built for?
Oh, wait...
Re:Yeah but (Score:3, Funny)
Well, at least, according to his wikipedia page:
Spouse(s)
Melinda Gates (1994–present)
Children
Jennifer Katharine Gates (b.1996)
Rory John Gates (b.1999)
Phoebe Adele Gates (b.2002)
He's had sex at least three more times than myself or the average Anonymous Coward. So those billions must have counted for something.
Re:Yeah but (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yeah but (Score:4, Funny)
So the conclusion is that because Bill doesn't have guts to do anything even after that, he really is a true geek!
*head explodes* (Score:2, Funny)
FTFA:
advanced...goto... ...does not compute...
Re:The Worlds Lost Decade (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah but (Score:4, Funny)
Re:There is little to suggest Gates knows technolo (Score:5, Funny)
Hey! Stop interfering with the revisionist history! Next you will complain about the Gates Borg Icon and the Broken Windows icon for stories.
Re:Math Error (Score:1, Funny)
Well...that's almost 3, isn't it? Even 2.01 is almost 3. Hell, I guess you could argue that 1 is almost 3, for large values of "almost"...
Re:Bill Gates understood technology? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:bullshit (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Math Error (Score:2, Funny)
Are you sure? I'm getting 60 / 20 = 2.9999999175
Try checking your math.
Re:Doesn't really matter beeing a geek (Score:4, Funny)
One could say, bad bosses are not only just network hubs. They also corrupt the packets on the way, and lead them everywhere but where they belong. Making the results useless for all clients of the company.
They don't just corrupt packets, they overload the circuits and blow up the network gear.
Re:Bill Gates is a geek? (Score:4, Funny)
Now that he has resigned from Microsoft, there is no need to fight. He should get a /. account too, then we can all bash M$ together.
Re:There is little to suggest Gates knows technolo (Score:3, Funny)
More evidence: Count the times Microsoft has made huge mistakes in
technology. For example, Clippy and Microsoft Bob.
For the sake of all the paperclips in the world, whether they're not yet made, holding tight in sea containers to be shipped off into a new future, being used in office for good or bad, and even the rusty ones waiting to be dissolved in stinky sewers - STOP BASHING CLIPPY!
He was the first paperclip to make it into the real world, even though he was not real. For paperclips, he is like Nelson Mandela or Gandhi. He gave them a voice. He gave them a face and a very friendly one. Have mercy. I say no more.