Mad Mail: Did Microsoft’s Ballmer Hurt Gates’ Legacy?

Dear Jim: Steve Ballmer, this guy's taken over one the best franchises in the history of the world and look what he has done with it. Now Microsoft is not even in the top ten of best tech places to work for. The stock price? The Windows Vista release? XP? He tried how many times to buy Yahoo!? I know he is a friend of Jim's, and therefore I know this email won't make it far, but let the truth be told. --Alioune

Cramer says: “It’s not about friends. It’s about money. I’m going to take that up. We’ll do some compares to see how Microsoft did. May I make a point, though? He did not overpay for Yahoo!. He didn’t buy it.”

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