No, he just got greedy, and believed Microsoft (which many before him have).
Wow, you'll defend anyone that attacks M$. You can't even admit that this guy made an idiot mistake.
You know the saying..."fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me."
(or as Bush said it). "Fool me once, Shame on you. Fool me twice...well you can't fool me again."
To become CEO I'd expect he's been around the block a few times, so this wasn't his first mistake. Bottomline he's in idiot or a liar.