Ripping expose from Ashee Vance of NYT on Microsoft and the need for CEO Steve Ballmer to step down. Plenty of barbs from astute observers. Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com CEO:
They are trapped in their own psychosis that the world has to revolve around Windows on the PC. Until they stop doing that, they will drag their company into the gutter.
Bruce R. Chizen, former Microsoft employee and former head of Adobe:
They are not the company they once were in terms of market position. They no longer have a monopoly that is critical to the future of computing.
CoreBrand CEO James R. Gregory:
This used to be the company that everyone looked to for innovation and excitement. It has lost that edginess in a fairly convincing way.
It goes on and one. Windows 7 will be the success that Windows Vista was not. The competition? It’s not the Mac. It’s Windows XP. Microsoft’s stock price since Ballmer took office in 2000 is essentially flatlined. Revenue and profits are down. How long will Ballmer stay at the helm? I hope he’ll be around for many years to come.