He said Wednesday at Bloomberg at the annual shareholders meeting of Microsoft.
While Ballmer has no function within Microsoft, he remains one of the largest shareholders of the company . Therefore, he was present at the meeting with the Microsoft top.
He expressed his dissatisfaction when the current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella answered a question from another shareholder about the app offerings on Windows phones. Nadella said Windows Phones in the future will have more apps because developers are encouraged at once to create apps for Windows PCs, tablets and smartphones.
“That will not work,” was the believes Ballmer. Instead, “run Android apps” Windows phones, he said.
Nokia
In April, Microsoft announced that developers can easily Android Apps could convert to Windows Apps . The company recently reported that, for the time being this project will not proceed.
Furthermore, Microsoft continued under the leadership of Ballmer entirely on the ecosystem of Windows Phone, including through the failed takeover of the smartphonetak Nokia. In 2012 he cracked Android and iOS finished yet, and he said that Windows Phone had just an “alternative and a different strategic opportunity” that “the best of both worlds,” offered.
Bullshit
Apart from the app offer Ballmer also expressed his dissatisfaction over the lack of transparency about revenue from the Microsoft cloud division. About the division Microsoft does not give sales figures, but only estimates which could be much higher. That’s according to Ballmer “bullshit”
A Microsoft spokesman said in response to the expressions of the former CEO:. “We go regularly with Steve dialogue and welcome his input and feedback as well as our other investors “
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