Okay, and Gates was CEO. Gates was heralded as a techno-genius by the media. Ballmer directs MS just as Gates did, and I was replying to Tom's message and its reference to Gates. He mentioned Ballmer in relation to NT...
If I was chief architect responsible for Vista, I would try to keep a very low profile. Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- > Ballmer was only selected to continue the ruthless business tradition > (a la' "Knife the baby."); not because he has any particular technical > leadership skills. Nor did Lee Iacocca have any particular automobile engineering skills. Ballmer is the CEO, not the chief software architect--that's Ray Ozzie. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
