New Role for Bill in July 2008

Posted By: Charles | Jun 15th, 2006 @ 2:31 PM

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer had an important announcement to make today and we were lucky enough to catch up with them for a brief chat about the big news this morning.

Postscript: Check out the coverage on TechMeme.

Tags: Bill Gates, MS Execs

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Rossj

erik_ wrote:

Can't watch the stream

Is the download comming soon?

Works fine here, and I'm on a Mac.

Charles

Yes, download coming soon...

Rossj

littleguru wrote:

Microsoft loosing another face

But it'll be great to have Ray Ozzie as CSA - he *knows* about collaboration. I can't wait for his C9 debut Smiley

ElucidWeb

littleguru wrote:

Microsoft loosing another face and the guy with the original vision.

First off its "losing" second off they aren't losing him, he is simply engaging in other efforts full time and doing the Microsoft thing part time. Always amazes me that he is so cordial and relaxed being the worlds richest man and all. That would go to a lot of peoples heads and its just fascinating!

Sorry about the spelling correction but I like to point out the obvious ones since grammar seems to be a deteriorating thing these days.

trackerball

For the richest man in the world to give up a very influential position and concentrate on some of the basic aspects of humanity like education and health care is phenomenal. Bill will no doubt be a very influential figure in the world of charity, and I personally feel that with this announcement, humankind has actually gained a lot more that what Microsoft may have lost.

littleguru

Microsoft losing another face Sad

and the guy with the original vision.

mawcc

I think it's right for Bill to put more energy into his foundation. He's a good guy, very intelligent and willing to make a change using his wealth. What better could happen to the world (especially those parts of it that are desparately in need of some help).

littleguru

ElucidWeb wrote:

Sorry about the spelling correction but I like to point out the obvious ones since grammar seems to be a deteriorating thing these days.

This time it was a typo... sorry.

littleguru

I got a strange feeling when watching the video. Why is Bill not looking at Steve. Why is his back looking at Steve. He is looking away from Steve.

Did they have some fights and it turned out that Bill "quits"... Strange, strange, strange...

Bill looks down. He seems not to like this move.