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[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Down  but not out

The Kurgan wrote:
> 
> Microsoft's Gates Gives Up CEO Role
> 
> Reuters Photo
> 
> REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) said
> Thursday co-founder Bill Gates was giving up the chief executive position at
> the software giant and named long-time No. 2 Steve Ballmer to replace him in
> the job.
> 
> Gates, who has served as CEO since he co-founded the company 25 years ago,
> will remain chairman and take on the role of chief ``software architect.''
> 
> ``I'm returning to what I love most -- focusing on technologies for the
> future,'' Gates said at a news conference. ''Steve's promotion will allow me
> to dedicate myself full-time to my passion -- building great software and
> strategizing on the future, and nurturing and collaborating with the core
> team helping Steve run the company.''
> 
> Ballmer, in one of his first declarations as chief executive, said it would
> be ``reckless and irresponsible of anybody to try and break up this company
> ... a disservice to consumers.''
> 
> The news conference was called after a day of published reports and intense
> rumors that the Justice Department and states would push for a breakup of
> the world's leading software company.
> 
> Gates has led the Redmond-based company through a turbulent recent history,
> capped by Judge Penfield Jackson's ruling last November that Microsoft used
> monopoly powers to harm consumers, competitors and other companies.
> 
> Gates said he now would concentrate on issues of ``software architecture''
> and his role as chairman overseeing the company's operations. He said he
> remained committed to devoting his full time to the company.
> 
> Gates said concentrating on the chairman's job would ``allow me to spend
> almost 100 percent of my time on these new software technologies.''
> 
> Microsoft said the transition would take place surrounding the release of
> its new Windows 2000 operating system -- the successor of the NT system,
> aimed at office and professional users.
> 
> Ballmer said he planned to concentrate on meeting ''heightened competition''
> in the market that has emerged with the growth of non-PC computing and the
> Internet.
> 
> Gates also said Ballmer would become a member of the Microsoft Corp. board
> of directors, effective Jan. 27.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>     Kurgan                           mailto:Kurgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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