What other term do you use to describe his failure to see modern smartphones coming, even after Apple waved one under his nose?<p>That said, while I&#x27;ve often been critical of Ballmer, I&#x27;ve been reconsidering my attitude towards him now that I&#x27;ve seen the aggressively-invasive direction in which Satya Nadella is taking Windows.  Under Ballmer&#x27;s leadership, Windows 7 never popped up unsolicited ads for Metro on the toolbar, much less ads <i>that I couldn&#x27;t turn off.</i>