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wodenokoto on April 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveals Financial Meltdown and B...

Well, yes and no. I think the plan was to stop mismanagement after the purchase, but someone forgot to execute that part.

bithush on April 8, 2016 [–]

I think it was more Ballmer not having a clue about mobile. When I first saw his idiotic response to the initial iPhone I knew he would fail hard in the mobile space. Even today I think his idea of a smart phone is a Windows Mobile 6 device.

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