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The article is useless..  (that&#8217;s humor, its nice writeup).<\/p>\n<p>There was no vision.<br \/>\nStrategy was simple, burn cash, create hardware and five free to all employees (60-70K)&#8230;  and show the first Quarter big sales number without big market push&#8230;.  End results were always same&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The company was killed by Bill Gates. Instead of accepting Justice deptt law suit result, should have divided into 2 companies, apps and OS&#8230;    But his love for Microsoft eventually leading to its demise. 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class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1360181\" data-comment-id=\"1360181\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1360181\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38b8d5ed19c7c2b76f51180508fbc546?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Ajay<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/08\/23\/the-gigaom-report-card-steve-ballmer-microsoft-ceo\/#comment-1360181\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Monday, August 26, 2013<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ballmer has tripled Microsoft&#8217;s revenues and more 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Strategy and vision is a bit harsh. The next 2 to 5 years at a minimum will be necessary to determine whether he had a strategy that is better than a C.<\/p>\n<p>On the cloud side of things you overlooked Office365 and the fact that Bing, Office365, Skydrive, and a ton of other services the company offers actually run on Azure today!<\/p>\n<p>Dogfooding might not be sexy on a balance sheet but it&#8217;s still a left pocket to right pocket kind of thing and in terms of mileage on a platform the amount of miles Microsoft is able to put on Azure with its own offerings is by far larger and more compelling to CIOs than the spectrum of startups that are riding the AWS wave.<\/p>\n<p>I think you need a lot more depth in your assessment for it to be all inclusive. 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class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1359759\" data-comment-id=\"1359759\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1359759\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46895bccec44bc41183c54204c806fee?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Guest<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/08\/23\/the-gigaom-report-card-steve-ballmer-microsoft-ceo\/#comment-1359759\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Saturday, August 24, 2013<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not a single F, WHY? If I were to rate Steve it will be something like this:<\/p>\n<p>Cloud: S<br \/>\nPC\/Mobile: U<br \/>\nXbox\/Gaming: C<br \/>\nBing: K<br \/>\nLegal: A (very good at fighting)<br \/>\nStrategy\/Vision: Double Negative Z<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-sharing clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comment-fave\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=bsocial_comments_comment_feedback&#038;comment_id=1359759&#038;bsocial-nonce=83180f751c&#038;user_id=0&#038;post_id=683175&#038;direction=fave\" class=\"goicon icon-fave\" title=\"Fave this comment\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fave-count\" data-count=\"0\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"comment-flag\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=bsocial_comments_comment_feedback&#038;comment_id=1359759&#038;bsocial-nonce=83180f751c&#038;user_id=0&#038;post_id=683175&#038;direction=flag\" class=\"goicon icon-flag\" title=\"Flag 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class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1359751\" data-comment-id=\"1359751\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1359751\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46895bccec44bc41183c54204c806fee?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Guest<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/08\/23\/the-gigaom-report-card-steve-ballmer-microsoft-ceo\/#comment-1359751\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Saturday, August 24, 2013<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NOT A SINGLE F??? 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class=\"comment byuser comment-author-lgponthemove odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1359688\" data-comment-id=\"1359688\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1359688\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8bcabf7b270689439609cb6255672820?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Luscious<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/08\/23\/the-gigaom-report-card-steve-ballmer-microsoft-ceo\/#comment-1359688\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Saturday, August 24, 2013<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Windows 8 has made pretty much every notebook being sold today a frustration, especially ones that don&#8217;t permit Windows 7 due to lack of manufacture-supplied drivers. It&#8217;s one serious reason why I&#8217;m contemplating building a desktop for my next purchase rather than going with a new notebook.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 8 may be great for slates and convertibles, but desktops and notebooks work best with Windows 7.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also rather unfortunate that Ballmer killed TechNet. 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