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Microsoft: Is The Post-Gates Era The Pre-Gates Era? - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 05 Jun 2008 07:55 AM PST

As Bill Gates gets set to decamp from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—he’ll get the plaque and the cheap watch on June 27—WSJ does some good work, examining the past eight years…

@ D6: Serendipity Supper: Gates Holds Court - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 08:05 AM PST

It’s 8 am and I’m sitting in the Four Season auditorium listening to Jill Sobule sing about dying record companies—“I’ve got nothing to prove, once I was as miserable as…

@ D6: Gates, Ballmer: Scale Is Key; Still Great Team Without Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 27 May 2008 06:33 PM PST

Here at D listening to the Bill and Steve show—Gates and Ballmer this year, no repeat of last year’s star turn by Steve Jobs. It starts with the Microsoft-Gates farewell…

Updated: Bill Gates: Not Haggling Privately on Yahoo Bid; Microsoft To Authorize Proxy War: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Feb 2008 12:46 AM PST

So Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is not taking the bait, at least not yet: Bill Gates said Microsoft is not haggling on the bid price with Yahoo behind the scenes, in…