I'm sure it would. Salesmen always see money first, art seconds, and they can't have intuition or give general direction regarding technical aspects. An example of that is windows 8 fiasco with its mix of tablet and desktop UI and surface fiasco. It is clear that they are following trends, but don't know where they're going. I can easily imagine ballmer looking at market shares and numbers to make choices issues by issues. That kind of thinking leads to products that are in the middle of nowhere.
I don't think billg sees art first and money/power second, but, at least, he can see art. It sure seems Ballmer doesn't get programming in any meaningful way.
