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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Just because he gave me a silver bullet and rode off into the sunset doesn't mean he didn't have a hand in this.

Quite unlikely. Top management becomes corrupt - loses touch with reality - when it lives in the ethersphere more than 10 years. Some remain in better touch after a decade. They are rare - ie Bill and Dave (HP), King of Jordan, Warren Buffet, etc. Noted elsewhere is that BillG was almost completely blindsided - almost put out of business - because Bill had no idea of the internet. Founder of DEC did the same thing. Most who live in an ethersphere for 10+ years end up stifling innovation - and too often take on a corrupt attitude. Too many decades in top management means they even deny how corrupt they have become.

MSFT needs new management. Balmer is an MBA and Balmer has been there too long. Therefore MSFT has virtually no new innovative products - a symptom of top management that has lived too long in the ethersphere. BillG really was mostly separated from MSFT. Balmer for the past 10 years is why MSFT has so few promising products AND why the OS design group is in such bad shape.