Scoble rips MS - and Ballmer in particular - a new one. I've quoted his summation, butc go read the rest - it demonstrates something I've been saying about MS for a long while: they've turned into a big, dumb, faceless company:

Will Microsoft get a clue before Facebook gets an entrenched advertising platform going? Ballmer proved with Google and with these quotes today: no.

None of this means that they won't continue to make money; heck, IBM hit the wall back in the 80's, and while they aren't the industry leader they once were, they still rake in plenty of cash. That's likely the future for MS: the new IBM.

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