And what, precisely, does this have to do with the price of eggs in China, errr, I mean, the lack of innovation at Microsoft? Bill Gates has had absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft’s management, vision, or decision making since he retired from there in July, 2008.

Ballmer, et al, have been running rudderless (not to mention clueless) since then. If they decide to keep him in place much longer, it’ll be the “Limbo Song” for Microsoft (“How Low Can You Go?”), sung to the tune of “Paper Tiger.”