Resonable to good is not good enough. Gates left Ballmer with a world
beating super-power. Under his stewardship, thing have receded fast,
with competitors in practically all field matching or surpassing things.
Two of their flagship products, one a dog and one misunderstood, have
been unmitigated failures. None of this would have happened under
Gates. The thing that Gates (and Jobs for that matter) brought to the
table were direction and vision - Gates wouldn't have laughed off
iPhone...
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