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OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 4, 2009 11:02:27 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse He has done nothing for shareholders in the last 10 years. He should be let go.

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Message Posted: Jan 4, 2009 11:02:27 PM

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He has done nothing for shareholders in the last 10 years.
He should be let go.

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OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2013 3:19:57 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Fire the Bum.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 26, 2013 11:46:48 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse 28.16 Says it all.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Feb 14, 2013 1:12:55 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Ballmer do us a favor and hang it up.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 13, 2013 1:34:16 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Just off a 52 week low.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Dec 4, 2012 2:35:24 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse yes
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Nov 15, 2012 7:41:39 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse 26.85 Good Bye Ballmer
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 3:34:08 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse 32.01
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2012 12:49:40 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse The stock had the best move in the first Q in over 10 years
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2012 11:49:49 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Ballmer is opening Windows stores now.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2012 3:09:06 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Soft warned today on slow computer sales.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Dec 4, 2011 8:41:13 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse 25.22
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2011 9:22:54 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse He should be a memory
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2011 11:08:05 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse He's been running the show for the last 10 years. Of course it's his fault.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2011 11:07:29 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse He's been running the show for the last 10 years. Of course it's his fault.
peapaw Champion Author Ohio Posts:4,020 Points:684,770 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Sep 3, 2011 2:13:35 PM Ignore peapaw Report Abuse Not totally his fault.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 25, 2011 11:18:54 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse $24.57 says it all.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jul 14, 2011 1:49:11 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse The stock has been dead wood for years
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 30, 2011 1:06:48 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Now a fund manager is calling for him to go.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 10, 2011 11:02:10 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Ballmer is an idiot for buying Skype for 8.5 Billion. Skype lost 7 million last year.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 2, 2011 11:35:41 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse U might think the shareholders would be up in arms by now.
jdragon21 All-Star Author New Jersey Posts:854 Points:505,695 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 26, 2011 10:36:50 AM Ignore jdragon21 Report Abuse More importantly should Microsoft spin-off companies to shareholders.
Lurgen Rookie Author Georgia Posts:23 Points:3,605 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2011 3:01:19 PM Ignore Lurgen Report Abuse Yes
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2011 1:41:55 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Good old Microsoft. Came up with PlaysForSure... took it out behind the barn and shot it. Came up with Windows Mobile... who needs a phone that can bluescreen? Took it out behind the barn and shot it. Came up with Zune... took it out behind the barn and shot it. At least selling full versions of Windows is a high point... need it to run Boot Camp on the Macintosh. Too many mission critical vertical market apps where there is no Mac equivalent out there. At least with Boot Camp you get to run the apps on nicely designed hardware instead of clunky commodity hardware that breaks more than a Mac.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2011 11:53:41 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Out with a Phone OS by the fall of 2012. Good to see your on that ballmer.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2011 11:33:47 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Up the div Ballmer
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 4, 2011 11:07:37 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse MSFT stock price was down 8 percent for the year of 2010. Nice work Ballmer.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Dec 8, 2010 10:48:06 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse 27.23 says it all.
jimbeaux53 Champion Author Kansas City Posts:5,069 Points:965,335 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Oct 18, 2010 9:04:33 AM Ignore jimbeaux53 Report Abuse Oh what a pleasant thought - - Steve Ballmer unemployed. Nah, that would be too easy on him. [Edited by: jimbeaux53 at 10/18/2010 10:04:50 AM EST]
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2010 11:35:07 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Balmer should have been sent to the woodshed a long time ago.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 29, 2010 5:13:02 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Softs stock is at 23.93. It's on sale with a PE of 9 for next year. But nobody cares.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2010 7:12:32 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Jan 23, 2010 11:45:23 PM OilHo made this observation: >Stock is 29.81. Doing nothing. Soft is $26.16 a share. Doing nothing useful. They make money on Office and Windows only to lose it on other projects. FWIW: Ford is selling a lot of vehicles with "powered by Microsoft" SYNC, working on a "bring your own phone and music, we should get along nicely" basis.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 27, 2010 4:18:26 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse OilHo wrote: >Apple overtook Soft yesterday in market cap. Yes, and if the news Steve Jobs has to go to the doctor the price goes down. When questioned about his health, one time they displayed a chart with "110/70" on it. Maybe they should switch that to "iLiver 2.0 installed."
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2010 1:05:25 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Microsoft needs to figure out a way to get rid of the bottomless pit of machines that happily run Windows XP. I was commenting to my dental hygienist that I'd expect the practice to jump straight from Windows XP to Windows 7. They're phasing out the hard-copy charts. They were partly done with me. They had the crowns charted but not the fillings.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 2, 2010 1:01:14 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse OilHo wrote: >Apple overtook Soft yesterday in market cap. They're arriving early for the next tech bubble.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2010 2:23:58 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Stock is at 24 bucks.Need I say more.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 27, 2010 11:32:47 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Apple overtook Soft yesterday in market cap.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Apr 25, 2010 3:05:33 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Time to increase the Dividend.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2010 12:04:34 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse The problem is that Microsoft is too successful at their prime directive to have a computer on every desk and in every home running their software. They ought to do another one of those $3 dividends before Obama gets the idea to tax the dickens out of dividends.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2010 11:14:39 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Should have been gone a long time ago.28.46
DrLyon Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,635 Points:1,208,205 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2010 9:13:05 AM Ignore DrLyon Report Abuse Just don't give him a huge bonus for being fired!
mrsports007 Champion Author Raleigh Posts:9,523 Points:1,610,340 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2010 10:26:06 AM Ignore mrsports007 Report Abuse microsoft announces the release of windows 8 in july 2011.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 23, 2010 11:45:23 PM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Stock is 29.81. Doing nothing.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Nov 24, 2009 12:15:30 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Id still dump him.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Oct 22, 2009 7:16:58 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Big day for Ballmer.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2009 2:47:03 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse send him away
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Aug 24, 2009 4:16:09 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse With the new Win 7 OS. You have to get the Pro version to be able to revert back to XP.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2009 5:10:12 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse Given what I've heard about our workstation upgrade cycles, I would not be surprised if we move from XP to 7 with no intervening step to enjoy the Vista. I'm on Vista at home but then at home but I do different things at home than what I do at work.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2009 12:02:31 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse Soft made a move over 20. It's been a long time since soft was over 20.
OilHo Champion Author Ontario Posts:10,754 Points:2,099,490 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: May 5, 2009 12:12:40 AM Ignore OilHo Report Abuse In the recent rebound soft has not joined in. Seems the investors are not buying what Ballmer is selling.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,253 Points:2,140,250 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Mar 23, 2009 5:52:32 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse I doubt given the market reality that Microsoft can come up with anything better to do with their cash cache than cut dividend checks for their stockholders. Six billion dollars for Vista indicates they're getting desperate. The Office 2007 ribbon is neat but you'll have to do a lot of clicking to find out where things are.