Friday, June 4, 2010

How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo

Please note that there was a typo in the original piece, stating that Ballmer became CEO in January of 2001. The correct date is January of 2000. 

With word last week that Apple Inc (Nasdaq:AAPL) is now the world's largest technology company, it is certainly appropriate to ask the next logical question: "What happened to Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT)?". Even more relevant to investors, though, is the question of whether or not Microsoft can fix its issues and once again become not only the biggest tech company, but a creative, growing force in the business.

What Went  WrongCriticism usually starts at the top, and I am OK with that - if you want to sit in the big chair and make the big bucks, you take the blame as well as the credit. Steve Ballmer was named CEO of Microsoft in January of 2000, a time that just so happens to almost perfectly correlate with Microsoft's stock reaching an all-time high in December of 2000.


The full article can be read at:
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/How-Microsoft-Lost-Its-Mojo-MSFT-AAPL-GOOG-IBM-EMC-VMW-HPQ0604.aspx

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