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Gates' Last Day At Microsoft

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the keep-it-clean dept.

mrogers writes "Today is Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee of Microsoft. After 33 years at the company, the one-time richest man in the world will be retiring at 52 to spend more time guiding the charitable Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What would you buy him as a retirement gift?"

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  1. Nothing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    because he didn't really retire; he's still CEO of Microsoft.

  2. Re:Obligatory: A Gold Watch ... by Daimanta · · Score: 0, Troll

    "... that runs Windows ..." ... ME. Enjoy your watch, Bill!

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  3. What about... by jrothwell97 · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...a stuffed toy penguin with a badge reading "Don't fear me"?

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  4. Re:I would get him. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That may explain why when I was working on OS/2 that the old timers said: "We solved this problem with MVS."

    There hasn't been any new "technology" in software since the '70s.

    Software "engineers" are morons.

  5. Re:Ooh! Oooh! I know! by donnacha · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why on Earth has this been modded "Flamebait"?

  6. Re:A Mac by twitter · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do they let you have those in jail?

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  7. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    stfw and stfu