The Trolls in Redmond
Filed under: Computer Software — mike @ 3:22 pm
Microsoft has been on a downward spiral ever since the DOJ rained on its monopoly parade in 2000, causing Bill Gates to pass the reigns over to Steve Ballmer. Since then, nearly every major effort at Microsoft has turned out to be a failure. While the S&P 500 has since gained over 40% in value, Microsoft’s stock has remained stagnant.
Rather than “Chief Executive Officer,” a more appropriate title for Ballmer would probably be “Chief of FUD.” Linux and other open source software has grown to become a major competitive force in the marketplace, displacing Microsoft’s market share by offering far better technology at much lower costs. In response, Ballmer has called Linux a “cancer,” and spread ridiculous lies such as, “if you use any open-source software, you have to make the rest of your software open source.” I guess that nowadays, innovating is just too difficult for Redmond.