The CNN account: Microsoft Chairman Gates to leave day-to-day role.
I haven’t been a Microsoft customer since 1999, and don’t propose to change1. Adios, Bill.
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1 – In fact, I hate to use the tag “microsoft” for this post.
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You know, I laughed out loud when it was announced years ago that he was no longer CEO and was named Chief Architect. It was a total joke.
The guy is a great business mind. But please, architect?
I’m glad to see him go, as he was clearly not doing anything there. Let’s see what Ray Ozzie can do with that deathtrap, if anything.
PS – Seriously, any software company that needs 10,000 engineers and 3,500 managers to release an OS product, with incremental improvements is really not on the ball anymore.