[AnotherUnixGeek]

Just how everyone wants to be remembered, you know, as that guy who ruthlessly cuts through detritus.

Microsoft needed it - Ballmer wasted billions trying to play catch-up in consumer technology with Apple. MS's investments in Azure are smart - hyperscalers are profitable and there need to be alternatives to AWS and Google.

[Darksheare]

Ballmer and his fetish for trying to copy apple touchscreen interface icons, having the consumers slap it down because live tiles are stupid, and then saying he was doubling down on the Metro interface.
Saner heads prevailed for the most part on that.