Is Microsoft's Ballmer a bad dealmaker?

[LinuxMint-4]

Is Microsoft's Ballmer a bad dealmaker?

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvest ... lmer_N.htm


"The bid for Yahoo that helped sink the market value of Microsoft (MSFT) by more than $20 billion in one day in early February is one of the latest in a string of acquisitions and major investment stakes Microsoft has initiated since CEO Steve Ballmer took over in 2000 that have been punished by the stock market as misjudgments.

"Some learn more quickly than others. It doesn't look like Mr. Ballmer is learning that quickly," says UCLA Anderson School of Management professor Richard Roll, lead author of a study that analyzed 11 years of merger and acquisition announcements by 2,589 CEOs at 1,740 U.S. companies."

[Patrick]

M$ has definitely been downgraded at the CEO position. Interestingly enough a fairly large amount of management has left the company over the whole Vista debacle over the last 2 years.