[nobodyandproud]

Sadly, Ballmer couldn’t reign in the Windows team before they effectively killed Windows Phone.

If I recall, the team had a large hand in hindering Windows Phone up until Windows 8; when everyone was too fed up to develop for the platform.

[alephnerd]

Imo, it's good that the Windows Phone died - it would have distracted Microsoft from the much more lucrative segments it's in today and opened the door to potential antitrust litigation.