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Bill Gates is going to step down from active Microsoft duty on 27 June 2008. This move comes after a newsletter announced the phasing out of Gate’s duties over a two-year period back in 2006. He will now be paying complete attention to his charity and philanthropy efforts in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is the end of an era.
Whether you like the man or not, his legacy is astounding not only in size but in value too. Microsoft’s market capitalization is just over half the yearly Gross Domestic Product of South Africa. It is a phenomenally influential company in the tech world with its decisions affecting hardware-manufacturing decisions around the world from Seattle to Tokyo.
Its operating systems have been the training and breeding ground for many a computer junky even if more and more of them nowadays start jumping ship to the Linux side of life. Bill Gates would probably have a hissy fit at the mere mentioning of the word ‘Linux” in a text about him, but hey, he is rich, he can handle it.
We do however have to give credit where it is due and a toast on the contributions of Bill Gates to a very interesting world is in order.
Have good rest Bill!
Now we have to see if Microsoft can do without you. There are already a few analysts who have voiced their concern to the prospect of a Gates-less company.
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This is the end of an era.
Whether you like the man or not, his legacy is astounding not only in size but in value too. Microsoft’s market capitalization is just over half the yearly Gross Domestic Product of South Africa. It is a phenomenally influential company in the tech world with its decisions affecting hardware-manufacturing decisions around the world from Seattle to Tokyo.
Its operating systems have been the training and breeding ground for many a computer junky even if more and more of them nowadays start jumping ship to the Linux side of life. Bill Gates would probably have a hissy fit at the mere mentioning of the word ‘Linux” in a text about him, but hey, he is rich, he can handle it.
We do however have to give credit where it is due and a toast on the contributions of Bill Gates to a very interesting world is in order.
Have good rest Bill!
Now we have to see if Microsoft can do without you. There are already a few analysts who have voiced their concern to the prospect of a Gates-less company.
Technorati : bill, bye, gates, goodbye, microsoft, retirement
Del.icio.us : bill, bye, gates, goodbye, microsoft, retirement
Zooomr : bill, bye, gates, goodbye, microsoft, retirement
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