Why Microsoft needs to buy Netflix

Microsoft buys Netflix....not sure about that one.

Poor Steve Ballmer. Standing at the helm of one of the computer age's biggest success stories while its brand withers and its stock languishes at the same level it traded at in 1998. Shareholders are increasingly unhappy with him. Not only are angry hedge fund managers calling for his head,his approval rating among his own rank and file -- many of them owning Microsoft shares and options -- is sinking like a rock.

This isn't new, of course. A year ago, Microsoft (MSFT) shareholders were clamoring for founder and Chairman Bill Gates, asking him to pull a Steve Jobs and return to the company to steer it back into the center of the tech world. It's bad enough having people pointing to your arch rival and suggesting it as a good role model for you. It's even worse when it happens as your arch rival surpasses you in market value for the first time ever.

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