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Nicholas Marty wrote: You know you did it wrong when the stock goes up instead of down when you announce your retirement
My thoughts exactly! 
Marc
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Are you sure it is Microsoft afterall.
Ballmer to retire in 12 months.
Ballmer to retire in 11 months.
Ballmer to retire in 10 months.
Ballmer to retire in 16 months.
Ballmer to retire in 15 months.
Ballmer to retire in 18 Years.
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When the ship starts sinking the rats always jump first.
It may be too late for Microsoft.
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Marc Clifton wrote: What do you all think about Ballmer's leadership?
I don't have the ability to think about non-existent things.
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I'm not sure whats more exciting;
1. Finding out the who the new Doctor Who is?
OR
2. Finding out who will replace Ballmer?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Apparently he's moving on to the company he really loved all along: Metro Inc.[^]
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Steady on, what-ho, will you? I used to work for a company called MetroLink in Joburg. Ah! I see the connection, the manager who ran that was an ar$ehole as well.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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He wasn't too bad until he hit his second childhood, and wanted to play with baby blocks.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't know why people hate him so much.
But IMO he is a good CEO. He has taken Microsoft from big to huge company. Microsoft is a monster company with too many products, it's a very difficult vehicle to drive, and I believe he is doing good.
Microsoft has released many remarkable products under his leadership. Even he is loud and bit crazy at times, I still like him as a person, much more than I like Steve Jobs.
I am always impressed whenever he is in the interview, he knows every bits about this huge company, not many CEOs are this much flawless when they talk about their vision. And you don't find people of his age with this much energy (No, I am not talking about - developers...developers...speech  ).
He will be very difficult to replace. 
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Rutvik Dave wrote: Microsoft has released many remarkable products under his leadership
"Remarkable" - yes.
"Good" - no.
"Popular" - no.
"Moneymaking" - no.
The share price rose 9% when he announced he was leaving! Which kinda says that if the public think the products were cr@p (and they haven't rushed to buy 'em), and the techs think they are cr@p (and you can read that all over the place), and the market thinks they are cr@p, then who did think they were good?
I think MS will be better off without him. I certainly can't see them being much worse...
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Yeah.. I guess Microsoft was already a mess before Ballmer came.. So trying to tidy up that mess was pretty difficult. However you can't always know beforhand which decisions are the right ones. They made mistakes and he's the one to bear the consequences of this.
Besides, finding a CEO for any larger company will always be difficult 
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Nicholas Marty wrote: Yeah.. I guess Microsoft was already a mess before Ballmer came
Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 (employee #30).
I'd rather be phishing!
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Marc Clifton wrote: Ballmer's leadership
What leadership is it that you would be referring to?
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Obligatory Dilbert reference[^]
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Ah well then.... if you define "leadership" in that manner, then I would have to admit that Ballmer is just chock full to the brim of leadership material.
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Marc Clifton wrote: What do you all think about Ballmer's leadership?
My brain just threw an exception.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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I just hope it's not too late. Microsoft has some really smart people, and they deserve a good leader. Too bad Sinofsky is gone - perhaps they can still call him back.
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I think Ballmer was quite good as President under Bill Gates and as his right hand man. Problem is that he sucks as a visionary and without Gates' dominance, the normal corporate infighting wasn't cut off at the knees for those things that matter. The momentum of Bill Gates' impact lasted long after he left, but couldn't last. (Apple take note.)
For me, the biggest loss from Bill Gates' exit is that he respected his usability department. Ballmer and his henchmen didn't. The idea of a UI being used only if it could be shown to be productive was jettisoned in favor of what looks and seems cool. Hence, the Ribbon, Visual Studio 2010/2012 and Windows 8. The question now is whether there is anyone who isn't a corporate hack to step in.
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Leadership as in Industry leadsership, or leadership as in leading the company?
The bank statements show he's been an extremely solid leader for the company and has raised revenues from somewhere over 11B when he started to over 77B (give or take a few billion...). The stock has done nothing in all that time but they have had their hands tied and are so gun shy of the lawyers that it's like they are too scared to cross the road.
In terms of being a leader in innovation: terrible. From simple things like names (Bing? That still makes me cringe, then the "Metro" backdown and now the SkyDrive debacle) to major missteps such as Windows 8. I think he's done a great job focussing on the nuts and bolts of running a company and a terrible job focussing on why they are doing what they are doing.
In terms of Industry Innovation, I don't see him, personally, being the one who should be innovative but he must be the one to focus the company on innovation, and while Microsoft have tried, it feels like they keep missing the mark and that, ultimately, is his responsibility. Get the right people in, give them freedom, but don't be afraid to just drop something if it's all bad instead of doggedly pursuing it.
The old boys really have a vacuum at the top these days. Blackberry, Microsoft, Apple. It's a little bleak.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Good News and makes the Friday holy not just in India but everywhere besides making everyone to smile.
Let the board be more careful to choose a more committed, convincing and congenial CEO instead of another hypocrite. Failure days for M$ is hopefully over.
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
Personal Homepage
BRAINWAVE/1.0
Status-Code: 404
Status-Text: The requested brain could not be found. It may have been deleted or never installed.
--Brisingr Aerowing
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