Yup .. it’s that time of the year where everyone figures that their crystal ball is better than the next persons and inundate us with the usual dribble of things that all have a 50-50 chance of coming true or proving how little we really know about the tech industry.
One of the most long standing of tech prognosticators has to be Robert Cringely who graces us with his wisdom of what is yet to happen in the upcoming year. This year is no different as he posted his list of successes and failures for the last year along with what he thinks will happen in 2008.
Now most of what he had to say really didn’t get me all that excited until I came down to his number eight prognostication:
Not only will Bill Gates be retiring from Microsoft in 2008, CEO Steve Ballmer will, too. No word yet on his successor.
All I can say for this one is I sure frikken hope that of all of his crystal balling that this one actually comes true. I don’t care if he flunks out on every other one as long as this vision of Ballmer comes true - and it couldn’t happen soon enough.
Ballmer has become a blight on Microsoft and the sooner he takes a long walk off of a short pier all the better for the company. Now while Robert didn’t want to go out on a limb and complication the law of averages for this prediction by suggestion who would replace the sweating doofus I have two possibilities that could really make things interesting.
Chances of happening - slim to none but damn it would sure make for an interesting company in the aftermath.
Listening to: Enigma - The CROSS Of Changes - The CROSS Of Changes
Conversation Tags: predictions, Robert Cringely, Steve Ballmer, Steve Clayton, Hugh MacLeod
