Steve Ballmer is talking about innovation at Microsoft. Riddle me this: When was the last time Microsoft "innovated" anything? Every product launch from Microsoft over the past 5 or 10 years has been either a response to a competitor (C#), a direct copy of a competitor's product (Zune, Xbox), or simply a lifecycle upgrade to a legacy product line (Vista). I'm not being facetious here, really. If you can think of a product that Microsoft has released in the past 10 years that doesn't fall into one of those categories, please let me know. I'm sure there are one or two, but I can't think of a single one. Bonus points if you can think of one such product that actually turned a profit. Acquisitions don't count; must be internally developed.

--Chris