• Computer World , Friday, May 21, 2010 11:42 AM

In a rare display of humility, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer is finally admitting that the company made key mistakes in its development of the Vista operating system. Vista "was just not executed well," Ballmer said during a keynote speech this week at Microsoft's annual CEO Summit. Furthermore, "It was just not executed well, not the product itself, but we went a gap of about five, six years without a product."

According to Computerworld, Ballmer then set the five points that most matter to him as Microsoft's CEO: "Recruiting talented employees, making balanced investments, innovating in the right areas, ensuring a positive product flow, and making the right bets for the future (which he said will be the cloud.)" Regarding the issue of innovating consistently, Ballmer addresses the difficulties that go into making the right decisions about how many resources to pour into particular projects, and how to choose the right products in the first place.

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