He was also extremely successful in some respects, ie he tripled Microsoft&#x27;s turnover and doubled profits while clearing up the anti-trust mess <i>and</i> operating under the supervision of the US DoJ for a decade.<p>He also started all the things that are happening now, including Azure, Office 365, Surface, and apps on iOS and Android. Yes, even putting stuff into open source.<p>You could also write a long list of things Ballmer got wrong. However, that&#x27;s true of all tech CEOs, including the various CEOs of IBM, HP, Dell and Sun, among others.