Ballmer was only selected to continue the ruthless business tradition (a la' "Knife the baby."); not because he has any particular technical leadership skills.
Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- >My point was that certain people would sooner sleep on bed of hot coals than >acknowledge that MS is quite well aware of Windows's shortcomings AND might >be trying to do something about it. He says that "[Gates] knows Windows >sucks, but mistakenly thinks he can apply band aids to make it better." The >existence of Singularity/Midori neatly disproves this statement. Experience belies such hopes. Was this not the exact same promise MS made for NT -- was that not supposed to be "New Technology." I think MS has a mindset and a management problem. I see no evidence that Balmer has the ability to do anything about it. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
