Timeline of Steve Ballmer's Past 33 Years at Microsoft
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A look at the major milestones and products from Microsoft during Steve Ballmer's tenure.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed today that he will be retiring from the company within the next year. The immediate response from the financial market was one of optimism, as evidenced through a jump in the stock price. Regardless of your opinion of Ballmer, there's no denying that he's played an essential role in the rise of the world's largest software company.
Take a trip down memory lane with an infographic courtesy of our sister site LAPTOP:
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Sad to say the store doesn't have that many patrons.
The sad part is, this clown will get a huge bonus (on top of what he's already got) and will live the rest of his care-free life thinking he was one of the greatest assets at MS.
though that said, the company itself has stifled the PC industry and abused its monopoly position for decades. I mean the same people that post here bitching about how crappy M$ is are the same people throwing Balmer to the wolves for ruining the company
surely if he really is destroying microsoft then long may he stay!
VISTA shouldn't have been released when it was. MS should have waited at least 6 more months and fixed things, oh and only released a 64 bit version. They could have kept XP as 32 bit for a few more versions (XP SE, XP Final Edition) and had VISTA on as the 64 bit flagships. But then I wasn't head of MS, so not my fault things worked out as they did.
Pc sales slumped BEFORE Windows 8
Never, ever, EVER listen to consumers as you'll get 10 different answers, requests and ideas. None of those 10 customers will EVER all agree on nearly anything. It's suicide to do such a thing.
62% of the World's computers run Windows. 9% for MAC and .8% for Linux...lol 91% of the World's computers run software from Microsoft. Your statement is ridiculous.
Your statement shows a lack of foresight, hes talking about the future. Computer sales are on the decline, while tablet and phone sales are on the rise which will soon give Apple and Google a lot more influence in where technology is going.
I'm not saying that the desktop is going to die out but lets face it the pace of evolution on the desktop and laptop side of things is shockingly slow these days, most new tablets and even phones now have a higher screen resolution than most new laptops, whats up with that?
Thing is the PC is still irreplaceable in many applications but it's not alone on the market like it was 15 years ago.
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Profits: http://goo.gl/75iqp3
Revenue: http://goo.gl/91Chm2
Stock Performance: http://goo.gl/4DtdpG
Research Expense: http://goo.gl/XcVCzg
No outgoing Microsoft executive ever gets a severance package because they already are worth hundreds of millions or in Ballmer's case billions of dollars. He's leaving with 333M shares or $11.5B. Why don't you do some research before showing your blatant stupidity.
I mentioned bonus, not severance package. He's been getting a bonus every year, I don't see why not this year.
Take your own advice and research some, after you have learned how to read, of course. Spewing insults left and right does not make you seem more intelligent .