Or both.  I'm actually using XP still, mainly because I have some older hardware on which it runs ok, and I'm a victim of the reality of the economy and Win 7, even if it ran ok on said hardware, is a luxury I can't afford right now.<p>But your second point is spot-on.  In the 10 years Ballmer's been the head, the stock has done essentially nothing.  He's a train wreck, and a sociopathic scary one at that.