????現(xiàn)在，鮑爾默準(zhǔn)備退休了，不過(guò)他留下了許多尚未解決的問(wèn)題。他對(duì)微軟拳頭產(chǎn)品Windows和Office的保護(hù)時(shí)間是不是太長(zhǎng)了，結(jié)果付出的代價(jià)錯(cuò)過(guò)了追求云計(jì)算和移動(dòng)設(shè)備等技術(shù)帶來(lái)的新商機(jī)？盡管他表示希望微軟從軟件巨頭轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樵O(shè)備和服務(wù)公司，但是他帶領(lǐng)公司轉(zhuǎn)型的速度是不是太緩慢了？

????菲茨杰拉德說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)為我們將來(lái)回顧的時(shí)候會(huì)得出結(jié)論，微軟最大的挑戰(zhàn)在于公司的規(guī)模?！彼_(kāi)表示他認(rèn)為微軟應(yīng)該分為三個(gè)更加“苗條”的公司，而不是一個(gè)單獨(dú)的巨型公司。

????鮑爾默坐在辦公室的椅子上，翹著腿，他拒絕承認(rèn)微軟規(guī)模太大，也不承認(rèn)微軟需要進(jìn)行任何形式的分割換取成功。

????鮑爾默說(shuō)：“我確實(shí)認(rèn)為比我接手時(shí)，公司變得更加專注了。其中部分原因是時(shí)代變了。我們已經(jīng)從絕對(duì)領(lǐng)袖變?yōu)榱讼鄬?duì)的領(lǐng)先者，同時(shí)我們還是挑戰(zhàn)者。身為挑戰(zhàn)者時(shí)，你就需要有所選擇，變得比之前更為專注。”

????鮑爾默說(shuō)，微軟的員工曾經(jīng)認(rèn)為：“我們只要做出東西，研發(fā)出一些部件，然后就能賺錢?！彼f(shuō)，現(xiàn)在，“我已經(jīng)不這么認(rèn)為了。”很快，我們就能知道他的繼任者是否同樣抱有這樣的觀點(diǎn)。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：嚴(yán)匡正??

????As Ballmer prepares for his exit, he leaves many questions unanswered. Did he protect Microsoft's crown jewels, Windows and Office, for too long at the expense of pursuing new businesses enabled by technologies such as cloud computing and mobile devices? Has he been too slow in overseeing Microsoft's transition from being the Samson of software to the devices and services company he claims he wants it to be?

????"I think we will look back and conclude that for Microsoft, the biggest challenge was the sheer scope of the company," says Fitzgerald, who has publicly opined that he thinks Microsoft ought to be three "svelte" companies rather than one single mega-corporation.

????Sitting cross-legged in his office chair, Ballmer refuses to concede that Microsoft is too big or in need of any kind of divestiture to succeed.

????"I do think we're far more focused than we were when I took over," Ballmer says. "And that's partly a function of the time. We've gone from being a complete leader to a leader and a challenger, both in the same body. And when you're a challenger, you do have to pick and choose and be more focused."

????Microsoft employees used to believe "that we could just make things, just develop part of something and it would take off," Ballmer says. These days, "I don't believe that," he says. We'll soon see if that view is one that his successor holds, too.