Does it take much of a tech? I mean Jobs doesn't have a reputation for being a big tech guy, just a guy with a good solid vision. I've worked with managers who couldn't actually be any number of positions in the company, but knew how to assemble a good team beneath them. Another thing to realize also is that MS has never been a company with vision, they are always following others. Can anyone name an instance where they were first on the scene in a tech way?
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > To many (not really me) Gates had a tech-sheen that softened the > business ruthlessness. I suspect Gates left any real involvement with > the coding process by the time he got the deal done with IBM to sell > them DOS. He got much more tech credit than he deserved, probably > because he could see some of the implications much better than (at > least) those outside of the tech industry. Ballmer has none of that > tech reputation as reach-back. I cannot picture him reading, much less > writing, code. At least many people see him as a callous, pompous > jack-ass. He is not a good spokesman and I have seen no vision or even > genuine understanding of the tech world by Ballmer. He always looks to > me like he just won a game show. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > I am not saying Gates was highly inventive, but at least he was involved > in the programming from what I understand. > > Balmer is strictly marketing/business. > > When Gates talked you saw the Geek come out in him. When Balmer talks > you see the evil money grubbing marketing guy come out. > > Balmer always comes off harsh and a little bit like an ass when ever he > gets on TV. > > My suggestion to him, is find a public person who likes doing interviews > etc. and put them out there, and stay off the tube. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
