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Bill Gates to Step Down from Microsoft
Geoffreyerffoeg writes "According to Microsoft PressPass, Bill Gates will be leaving his role at Microsoft in July 2008. He'll be staying with the company, but is also moving to a more fulltime position with the Gates Foundation. 'Microsoft Corp. today announced that effective July 2008 Bill Gates, chairman, will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company announced a two-year transition process to ensure that there is a smooth and orderly transfer of Gates' daily responsibilities, and said that after July 2008 Gates would continue to serve as the company's chairman and an adviser on key development projects.' CTO Ray Ozzie will assume Gates' role of Chief Software Architect, and CTO Craig Mundie will also take on more leadership responsibility."
Time to sell off my M$ stock...
What are we supposed to do with our "assimilation jokes"?!
I guess we'll just have to make do with "flying chairs". Oh and Windows Vista.
Crap - I just sprayed Mountain Dew all over the screen again...
That borg icon finally got to him ... should be ashamed of yourselves!
Same as the old Boss.
Thank you Bill, for everything you've done for the industry and the world.
Two questions.
1) Does that mean we won?
2) Will he take Windows with him? Please?
I for one, welcome my new Ray Ozzie overlord
Hes going to run for president.
I bet he just wants to make sure he makes it into heaven after all...
I'm Rocco. I'm the +5 Funny man.
July 2008 - is that before or after Vista ships?
Jesus said to his disciples: "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one" - Luke 22:36
What part(s) of my resume should I brush up when applying for the job of "master villian and arch-nemisis of WonderTorvalds?"
On a more serious note, there are a lot of people with large emotional investments pent up in disliking Mr. Gates. The transition is going to be tough. It's almost like Inigo Montoya at the end of The Princess Bride. Maybe they should turn to piracy?
Trying to use sarcasm in text-based forums does not work.
Whatever will we do with the Borg-Gates icon?
I [may] disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
"I believe with great wealth comes great responsibility"
Who would have guessed that Bill Gates was also Spider-man?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
That's right. In fact, the title of the article, although it grabs your attention immediately, is very wrong. He is just not going to do as much actual work, but he is still chairman.
Oh, and a note to those that are saying that we can't make fun of him anymore: we still can, because he *started* microsoft. What will we do when he dies? We will still make fun of him!
He's going to stay chairman.
He's replacing Ballmer!?!? O.o
So how long can he stay out of the game? Not long I suspect.
just wait until he notices his company following antitrust law, behaving ethically, paying to license code they use.
he'll swoop right in and put a stop to that real fast
That said, I think it is time to sell off the rest of my shares, since the man who gave the world Lotus Notes is now the Chief Software Architect at Microsoft. Sorry Ray, you are a good guy, but I cant forgive you for Notes, my man.
He's got a loooooong list to clear out before he can get positive on karma.
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Yeah, nothing like some black humor from geeks disconnected from reality!
I picture some zealots crushing his tomb stone and leaving a note with the words
"... and so, at last, Mammon fell, and this final puny sign of his evil rule was shattered!" -- From the Book of Mozilla, 8:12
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Yes, but right now they do it with a smile. After this, no more smile.
his latest Apple branded product - the iWin corporate management app. (co-branded with Bil-b-gone).
Typical of Job's Keynote addresses, the iWin app is ready for the market and has shipped-out.
Fashion designers everywhere are tooling up to meet the anticipated black turtleneck demand and are cutting the production of pocket protectors and short-sleeve dress shirts.
Steve Ballmer was last seen applying for a job with Disney.
When asked about his thoughts on this position change, Ballmer was quoted:
"I'll fucking KILL him!"
"are just monuments to the terrible and dihonest ways Andrew Carnegy gained his vast fortune"
Pretty much, yeah. That's what I think of when I see his name. Which is spelled "Carnegie".
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Dad: "You can play your XBox 10 for another hour, then it's bedtime. Don't get assimilated by Microsoft Borg, boys. Ha Ha."
Son #1: Looks at his younger brother rolls his eyes. "Er, we won't Dad"
Dad leaves the room.
Son #2: What's dad talking about?
Son #1: I think he went to school with a guy named Gates who was always throwing chairs or something. Don't ask him about it - we'll get a long boring story.
At which point Dick Cheney said "Go fuck yourself!",
and shot Ballmer in the face.
Ha! Didn't see that plot twist coming did you?
Man, this stuff writes itself.
Bill Gates' tombstone will read
This man has performed an illegal operation and has been shut down
We can expect him to be released around October 2012. Fantastic.
They should have walked him out the minute he announced he was leaving.
Nah, he'll just have on the blue screen of death. Take that!
What part(s) of my resume should I brush up when applying for the job of "master villian and arch-nemisis of WonderTorvalds?"
:P
Spelling, probably
Send email from the afterlife! Write your e-will at Dead Man's Switch.
Bill Gates' tombstone will read
You mean his BSOD - Blue (Tomb)Stone of Death
If the masses can keep you down, you're not the Ubermensch.
Let's not forget Steve Ballmer's extensive chairity work. Get it? Do ya?
If you can read this sig, you're too close.
This is the beauty of capitalism. No matter how rich and powerful you are, you still get fired when you screw up.
Man when I read this I had images of Bruce Wayne and Wayne corp.
He just needs more time for his superhero alter ego.
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June 2008 was the initial plan, but due to some schedule slippage, he will actually be released in 2015.