Summary
Steve Ballmer has been chief executive at Microsoft for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
The pressure of leading the world's largest software maker will only escalate in the wake of a bungled attempt to acquire Yahoo Inc, a move that forced the Web pioneer into the waiting arms of Microsoft's arch rival, Google Inc.See the full content of this document
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Microsoft's Ballmer Steps Out From Behind Gates's Shadow
Adding fuel to the fire has been a lukewarm reception by customers for the company's flagship product, Windows Vista.
"The pressure is certainly on." said Alan Davis, analyst at investment...See the full content of this document
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