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Article: The Lost Decade.(The Take; Technology)(Microsoft Corp.'s Steve Ballmer)
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- Newsweek
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- November 9, 2009
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Byline: Daniel Lyons
Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates.
Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 and opened the first of a chain of new retail stores. As usual with such announcements, there's been loads of hoopla and ginned-up excitement. But mostly people are just relieved. Windows 7 replaces Vista, one of the most disastrous tech products ever. It also caps the end of a decade in which Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, stepped aside, and the company lost its edge.
Ten years ago, when Gates appointed his longtime second in command, Steve Ballmer, as his replacement as CEO, Microsoft was still the meanest, mightiest tech company in the world, ...