Wouldn’t it be nice if just for one day that the top brass of the technology companies would actually tell us the truth? Can you imagine what it would be like? Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer: “Hey, I’m just a sales guy who’s in over my head. I know I deserve to be fired, but I’m [...]
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Honest technology executives
May 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Apple · Business · Mergers · Microsoft · SCO · Yahoo
Five Reasons to Fire Ballmer
May 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
On July 1st, Bill Gates will retire. He’ll still spend about 20% of his time on Microsoft projects. If Microsoft is to retain 20% of its economic clout in five years time, the company’s board should start working on firing CEO Steve Ballmer now. Why? Because Ballmer has been in charge of Microsoft for the [...]
Tags: Business · Mergers · Microsoft · Windows · Yahoo
Microsoft’s Yahoo Pratfall
May 4th, 2008 · Comments Off
In the business textbooks of 2025, Microsoft’s slow collapse will be attributed to many things. The failure of Windows Vista to hold the desktop market; Microsoft’s inability to successfully move from a PC product based company to an Internet service based enterprise; and Ballmer’s inability to pull off the Yahoo buyout. Now, buying Yahoo wasn’t [...]
Tags: Business · Microsoft · Web Services · Yahoo
Is Yahoo Worth Buying?
February 13th, 2008 · Comments Off
If I had a billion dollars, I’d be rich (with my apologies to Barenaked Ladies). If I were trying to buy Yahoo, I wouldn’t even be in the running. Microsoft offered $44.6 billion, or $31 a share, a 62 percent premium on Yahoo’s share price at the time, for Yahoo. And what did the Yahoo [...]
Tags: Business · Microsoft · Web Services · Yahoo
