That's not necessary. Microsoft's net income this quarter was $4.97 billion. They're doing great. They failed to meet Wall Street's expectations this quarter, but that doesn't mean they're getting dragged down.

Additionally, the first few revisions of any new Microsoft product tend to do poorly, but Microsoft has huge stockpiles of cash that they can throw at the problem until they break into a market, dominate it, and start producing positive revenue.

Firing Ballmer would be the first step.