Poor Microsoft. Making $22 Billion in profit for
2008 must be such a disappointment to a company in the 2009 economy.
Hey, here’s an idea: let’s lay off 5,000 employees, stockholders will feel like they are getting their money’s worth and perceived earnings per employee will increase. Nonsense.
Microsoft is the latest American company now managing to stock
price. The higher the stock price, the better the company must be
doing, right? Well, no. That’s called bad, short-sighted management and
lack of leadership without a clear long-term vision. That’s why the
stock market is in trouble and has been for years. Executives in
publicly owned companies are rewarded for raising their company’s stock
price – that’s called increasing “Shareholder Value.”
CEO Steve Ballmer has said “Windows is the air we breathe”
– hate to tell you Steve, but we can also breathe Linux, Apple and
perhaps even a Google OS in the future. The uniqueness of Windows is
beginning to fade and it’s your job to figure out how your company will
move forward and create real, new value.
More than 80% of Microsoft’s profit comes from operating
systems like Vista, the various server versions and XP. The rest of its
income comes from all their other products and activities combined.
Microsoft blames this “loss” on weak PC sales. Pity. Maybe the
government will offer them a bailout.
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