Gates to Transfer Power in '08

Microsoft Corp. said after the bell Thursday that Chairman Bill Gates 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 Gates' daily responsibilities, and said that after July 2008 Gates would continue to serve as the company's chairman and an adviser on key development projects.

[MoonDust]

good.

[OutLaw]

Well he better hope they don't run his business to the ground. lol

[PS360PCROCKS]

yeah I know, I surely hope not, course he is worth about 9999999 trillion so it wouldnt matter he could start like 150 million more of them just like Microsoft.

[shotty]

Major Nelson should replace him.

[Bill Nye]

Major Nelson is the best.

JK.

[MONTY 187]

agreed!

[ps3willrule]

well this smells like the end of micrsoft..the guy hes puttin into power is the guy that couldn't kill google and the guy thats delayed vista for the past year and a hlf and in a recent interview doesn't know if its going to b out by christmas lol...o well gates is jumpin ship.....google is takin alot of there stocks.. will c how it goes..him leaving can't b good for stockholders lol

[xeon121]

lol yes its the end of microsoft, what os and browser are you using right now? do you really think bg actually runs the day to day workings an ms anymore he is no more than a figure head.

ms has a monoply on the pc software and hardware market no one can touch them really becouse their is no real viable alternative typical sony fanboy.

and this really has nothing to do with the 360

[schnodder]

who cares?? i just wanna play games. even if bill gates is the new nintendo boss .. i don't care.

[Optimus Prime]

just shut up already, y are you even on this site, go to your delay station site. oh i forgot there is no good news on that site, so you have to come to this and look at all the good things that xbox has to offer. you dont have to tell any one you want a 360, just got buy one.

so what i am saying is just got to your ps3 crap site.

[ps3willrule]

if u think him leaving MS is a good thing its not....now u got the guy that can't get vista out MS is done..gates is smart and jumped ship early because google is teatin them a new a$$hole....and i'm no worse then 360 fanboys commenting on ps3 page

[SjaakHaas]

Only in the first years Bill designed software. Lateron he only handled the bigger important stuff. Nowadays he already got better people for that. Last years he only use his time for funds and charity. So it doesnt matter if he leaves or stays. The bussiness will still grow and keeps on going.

[The BS Police]

They Delayed Windows Vista so they could get rid of as many bugs as possible before they release it!

God why are Sony fans so dumb!

[MoonDust]

Plz don't talk about what you don't understand. You talk about apple and Google like you know what your talking about. Yes Google is a threat to MSFT but Google make 90% of their money of advertising. Linux will never replace Windows. Apple stock is just riding on mostly Itune/iPods and some new Nike deal etc. Bill Gates leaving will probably make the stock go higher. Notice when Warren Buffet left Coca Cola a month or so ago the stock went up instead of down. Google can't own MSFT because they can't own more stocks than bill gates, purple pill. If the PS fails Sony will die, they lose money almost every quarter. Don't talk about what you don't know, stay in school and stop being a fan boy.

[Schmitty07]

He's my hero

[PS360PCROCKS]

lol your hero, well ANYWAYS this wont change Microsoft one bit seeing as he still has the role as chairman, someone else will do all his bull sh*t and he will still approve all decisions, so come on it's not a big news story to be honest

[OutLaw]

Even though he is the Zillion dollar man. He sure Keep a good eye on his business.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Agreed Outlaw.

[XENOCIDE]

Must be nice...

[bernie]

He's staying as Chairman, but at 50 has earned the right to do whatever he wishes. He is not retiring he is concentrating his efforts on the Gates charity foundation. Yes I would love to have a small amount of his money, but he and his mate started Microsoft from scratch all those years ago, so we all know he will always keep one eye on his business.

[Madmax1281980]

i have great respect for bill gates and microsoft. i dont understand why ppl hate him and the company they make great operating systems(well with a few bugs) but thats to be expected nothing is perfect. they made 2 amazing games consoles and a great online service for them. what more do ppl want.in my opinion thats more than any other company does for their consumers and he gives to charities. so why are ppl dissin the KING of software?

[USMChardcharger]

Good luck Mr. Gates and thanks for starting the xbox!