Verno wrote on Sep 25, 2010, 11:31:
The trouble with Microsoft is that it has an aging employee base who is largely out of touch with the newer generation and that the Microsoft culture is very much like a cult. I don't know if you've ever been to Redmond but if you don't drink the Koolaid there then you won't be staying long. It's fine to have your own corporate culture and identity but they do not seem to understand what's going on outside of their little bubble. A glance at any of their initiatives in the past five years will reveal this, so many failed projects that it boggles the mind. Their mobile efforts alone are on what....reboot number four or five? Now Microsoft has always been an iterative company but consumers aren't always so forgiving, particularly in markets where a consumer device can cost $500 like smartphones.

Anyways tl;dr - they're in deeper shit than people realize, things change in a hurry. Just look at Blockbuster which was a profitable powerhouse just five years ago.