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Bill Gates to Step Down from Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-sure-you-have-more-to-say-than-i dept.

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."

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  1. Re:He's not leaving by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wheeeee, making fun of people makes me feel soooooooo good.

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  2. Re:I wonder if this has much to do with Vista? by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In retrospect, my sarcasm detector probably went home before I did. Apologies.

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