Bill Gates Is Retiring

eascarface · 15-June-06, 07:43 PM

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	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 GatesÃ‚â€™ daily responsibilities, and said that after July 2008 Gates would continue to serve as the companyÃ‚â€™s chairman and an advisor on key development projects.

Best of luck to you Bill.

Spectrum · 15-June-06, 07:51 PM

Does anyone read the news I post?

Nerdz · 15-June-06, 07:52 PM

Its actually going to be weird without windows around....I hope he makes some version of windows Open source or release the source code to people...

mgdmixmaster · 15-June-06, 08:05 PM

I dont think windows is going away, just a reshuffle at the top for new idea's ect or so the analyst are saying, i will be curious how this works out, after going to a few developer conferences i allways got the impression he was really joined at the hip with his company, i wonder how he will keep his fingers in the soup so to speak.

FunkyStickman · 15-June-06, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerdz


	Its actually going to be weird without windows around....I hope he makes some version of windows Open source or release the source code to people...

Dude, you are seriously smoking crack if you think he hasn't already laid out a 20-year plan for the company. Do you honestly think he's going to let somebody else make all the decisions? I'm sure Ballmer or somebody will have their name on the memos, but they'll still get the nod from the Bill.

And as for open-source Windows... there's already Linux. Why try to force a square peg into a round hole? Just get developers to make more games for Linux and then Windows will go the way of the dinosaur.

Well, we can always hope, anyway...

HigHTecHReDNecK · 15-June-06, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectrum


	Does anyone read the news I post?

I stil love ya Spec

eascarface · 15-June-06, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectrum


	Does anyone read the news I post?

Only after we post the thread.

NCXCStud · 16-June-06, 12:50 PM

Bill Gates is still the majority shareholder in Microsoft, because of this...ideas and allocation of funds for new projects will still have to go through him.

He more than likely will be on as a consultant to Microsoft. Basically, it means that he has the power of a CEO (in a sense) without the work. The best of both worlds.

Windows isn't going anywhere, don't worry about that.

The guy who founded Ford Motor Companies retired, but Ford never went away, same thing applies here.

15-June-06, 07:51 PM		#2 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	Re: Bill Gates Is Retiring Does anyone read the news I post?

15-June-06, 07:52 PM		#3 (permalink)
Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot	Re: Bill Gates Is Retiring Its actually going to be weird without windows around....I hope he makes some version of windows Open source or release the source code to people...

15-June-06, 08:05 PM		#4 (permalink)
mgdmixmaster Apex Advanced Techie	Re: Bill Gates Is Retiring I dont think windows is going away, just a reshuffle at the top for new idea's ect or so the analyst are saying, i will be curious how this works out, after going to a few developer conferences i allways got the impression he was really joined at the hip with his company, i wonder how he will keep his fingers in the soup so to speak.

16-June-06, 12:50 PM		#8 (permalink)
NCXCStud Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Re: Bill Gates Is Retiring Bill Gates is still the majority shareholder in Microsoft, because of this...ideas and allocation of funds for new projects will still have to go through him. He more than likely will be on as a consultant to Microsoft. Basically, it means that he has the power of a CEO (in a sense) without the work. The best of both worlds. Windows isn't going anywhere, don't worry about that. The guy who founded Ford Motor Companies retired, but Ford never went away, same thing applies here. Last edited by NCXCStud; 16-June-06 at 12:56 PM..

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