Gates to end daily Microsoft role

[Sharktooth]

Bill Gates has announced he will end his day-to-day role as head of software giant Microsoft by July 2008: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5085444.stm

Bye bye :)

[bond]

didnt he leave the daily business years ago already?

[Shinigami-Sama]

thats what I was wondering about, does he mean perminatly leave his office possition?
because hes more or less, atleast what I've kept up with, he's mostly been a figurehead. meh.

[Inventive Software]

He doesn't leave until 2008, so he can take critisism of how long Vista's been delayed!