> Matthew wrote: > He did, and I don't think he's an idiot, just overly enthusiastic. After > all, you don't go to Harvard, run the world's most powerful software company > and get to be a self-made billionaire by being an idiot. >
Well let's keep things in perspective here: 1.) there's plenty of "dull blades" that go to Harvard (think Pres Bush), 2.) Mr. Gates was in the right place at the right time which carried over to Mr. Ballmer. Mr. Gates also happens to be a vicious businessman, but Ballmer was executing on his vision not creating his own (Gates knew him from Harvard and asked him to join. Mr. Ballmer dropped out of Stanford MBA school to join), and 3.) I dunno about you but I pulled my money out of M$ 4 years ago because their business model sucks and I'm convinced they're going to die unless they change. One thing I base that on is Jim Collins' book Good To Great. In it he lists warning signs that a company is going to fail and I can't remember them all but M$ had like 90% of them. One I do remember is, "big lavish product rollouts which you hear nothing about 2 years later." .NET, Biztalk, Passport, on and on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151535 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
