Well that depends on your definition of success. Are you saying Ballmer is a failure where Jobs is not? For not having any traits for the tech world, he's done well.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < [email protected]> wrote: > To be a leader in the tech business for any period? In a word: Yes. > > To be a manager, I'd agree that assembling a good team is very good. To > be a leader in the technology industry requires more: some vision, real > knowledge of the technology and perhaps some underlying tech principles. > > > Jobs and Ballmer can both lose their temper quickly, but Jobs > demonstrates he has those qualities of tech leadership, while Ballmer > must cleverly hiding these traits, if he has any of them. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > Does it take much of a tech? I mean Jobs doesn't have a reputation for > being a big tech guy, just a guy with a good solid vision. I've worked > with managers who couldn't actually be any number of positions in the > company, but knew how to assemble a good team beneath them. Another > thing to realize also is that MS has never been a company with vision, > they are always following others. Can anyone name an instance where > they were first on the scene in a tech way? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
