Steve Ballmer was one of those. What others have written: In 2007 Ballmer said “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” In a May 2012 column in Forbes magazine, Adam Hartung described Ballmer as “the worst CEO of a large publicly traded American company”, saying he had “steered Microsoft out of some of the fastest growing and most lucrative tech markets (mobile music, handsets and tablets)”. Some companies like Microsoft have a CEO that causes the company to flounder. Apple seems to be doing fine with or without Jobs.
We’ll said
If they come up with just marginal improved product the stock will not go up much after that stock split. The iPhone is what made the stock go up and up. I may buy as I could use double the money. I figure it will do that at least.
It would be nice if it went back up to $700 a share... a new car, house, maybe a new wife...