But I'm pretty sure hotmail still has higher market share than GMail. And though I use Ubuntu over Windows, but the world is still all about Windows. From a revenue perspective, Windows made more money this year than in any previous year. That's good news for Ballmer.
And Surface is really cool. MS Research does incredible work. Office is still king, and no one has come up with anything close to an Outlook-killer yet.
I don't actually use any of the products you or I mentioned, but MS has plenty of strengths and smart people to balance it's blatant failures.
Edit: Photosynth is yet another highly impressive product from MS Live Labs.
The problem with products like Photosynth and and Surface is that they don't really address the things Microsoft has problems with (like search).
The Office/OS cash cow was really created during the 1990s. I just don't see Ballmer as doing anything except maintain the status quo - which isn't sustainable over the long term.
I think this is the problem. The c-suite at MSFT is full of people who were in the software industry in 1980. I don't really know who all is on the board, but they definitely need to get some fresh blood in the executive offices.
But I'm pretty sure hotmail still has higher market share than GMail. And though I use Ubuntu over Windows, but the world is still all about Windows. From a revenue perspective, Windows made more money this year than in any previous year. That's good news for Ballmer.
And Surface is really cool. MS Research does incredible work. Office is still king, and no one has come up with anything close to an Outlook-killer yet.
I don't actually use any of the products you or I mentioned, but MS has plenty of strengths and smart people to balance it's blatant failures.
Edit: Photosynth is yet another highly impressive product from MS Live Labs.