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Sensationalist garbage. Microsoft and Gates both made a big deal of it when they announced each stage of his reduced involvement in the company. There were pr
by hapless 16y ago
Sensationalist garbage. Microsoft and Gates both made a big deal of it when they announced each stage of his reduced involvement in the company. There were press releases, interviews, etc.
Anyone in the industry who didn't realize Gates had reduced his involvement in the firm to zero was asleep at the wheel.
- byoung2 16y agoNow if Steve Ballmer weren't working at Microsoft anymore, that would be a story (and a good thing)!
- bitwize 16y agoAgreed. Gates's business savvy often went beyond shrewdness and bordered on psychopathy, but he remained something of a likable nerd -- a techie who knew the software business. Ballmer was and is a loud jerk -- pushy, aggressive, seriously creepy used-car-salesman vibe. Gates = Lewis Skolnick; Ballmer = Ogre.