Keith Fitz-Gerald, writing for Money Morning, offers “8 Reasons Why Steve Ballmer Must Go:”
• Ballmer took over Microsoft 12 years ago when the stock was about $60. Now it struggles to maintain $30
• Office and Windows are dying
• The company isn’t innovating fast enough or aggressively enough
• Microsoft’s Internet offerings remain wannabes
• Windows 8 is a wreck; so unintuitive as to defy belief
• Ballmer can’t do a product launch without jumping around the stage like a Planet of the Apes extra
• If you want to see the future, look at what teens are using and [coding for]… Apple [products]
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Blasphemy! Nevaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
Hoist! May Steve Ballmer remain Microsoft CEO for as long as it takes!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Son of Squidward” for the heads up.]
One reason why Microsoft needs to dump Steve Ballmer…….Steve Ballmer!
Only 8?
9. “Microsoft writing down $6.2 billion over AQuantitative deal”
“The non-cash charge means the company will probably post a loss for the quarter, which ended in June. Before yesterday’s statement, analysts had predicted that Microsoft would report profit of $5.3 billion in the period, data compiled by Bloomberg show.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/microsoft-will-write-down-6-2-billion-related-to-aquantive-deal.html