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The Acquired podcast also supports this claim in a 2-part episode on Microsoft I’ll link below.

Their evidence is from interviews with current and former Microsoft employees who worked with Ballmer IIRC including Ballmer himself. They basically describe him as being the rock that cheerlead, navigated, and held the company together through a decade of legal troubles. He also started many important businesses like enterprise, gaming, and cloud.

https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/microsoft




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