VentureBeat writes, Led by its blundering chief executive Steve Ballmer, software giant Microsoft has “lost a decade” in its competition against rivals; Apple, Facebook and Google have roared by it with more relevant offerings, and have left Microsoft in the dust, suffering from a stagnant stock price and old-fashioned products. That’s the argument made in a long piece in Vanity Fair published last week, and which has been widely debated in recent days. It’s notable that so much fuss is being made while scrutinizing Microsoft’s rear-view mirror. What’s really interesting, and...