$1$c$.$ In $2000,$ Steve Ballmer was named CEO...

In $2000,$ Steve Ballmer was named CEO of Microsoft. He began to focus on the Windows$-$centric strategy that had become so profitable. Their monopolistic position that shut out other application providers resulted in the U$.$S$.$ Department of Justice winning an anti$-$trust litigation against Microsoft in $1998.$ As a result, this effort diluted its core culture, resulting in competitive disadvantage because the Microsoft application software that was its core competency was no longer