Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had to at the AGM of his company on Tuesday night criticism of investors listen. A shareholder was shown during the meeting, according to transcripts (docx file) disappointed that the stock price nearly ten years in the 20s range since the dividend paid little of the speech was worth. The unnamed shareholder received applause for his contribution from the audience.

Ballmer said that he understood the frustration, but he defended the dividend - the last Microsoft on $ 0.16 per share increased. This undertaking is the top of the ranking of IT companies. Microsoft trying to wonderful and easy to sell products to use and also make progress in growth areas. The investors must be made clear that Windows 7 was a very good product. Another participant in the meeting pointed out that Microsoft in the years since 2007, since the economy was weakening, have held up well. Both the earnings and dividends have increased.

Another shareholder was to turn Microsoft's shares have him this year placed 12 percent loss, while his shares in another IT company had brought an increase of 12 percent. His demand to split Microsoft, Ballmer rejected. It would go, for example, lost synergies if the deal with servers and companies from doing business with clients would be separated. Sometimes - such as the Office software it is difficult to assign a more specific area.