Grappling with the accusations of not understanding the evolution of the market, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft exposes himself: and announces the presentation, this week (in California and Taiwan), of an operating system designed for tablets and mobile devices. But for Ballmer's detractors, the move is late. The CEO is reproached for his inability to innovate: the reference model is, of course, Apple, which with its devices (and related applications) is slipping one success after another. And last week the market value of Microsoft was momentarily surpassed by that of another competitor, IBM.
Whose CEO, Sam Palmisano, recently said that "the era of the PC is over." Microsoft has built its enormous power (mainly based on the sale of the Windows operating system) precisely on the PC, which has been starting to waver for some time. Another negative sign for Ballmer: XNUMX-year-old David Einhorn, manager of a powerful hedge fund and Microsoft shareholder, has asked for a new leader for the Redmond company.
