MSNBC: Bill Gates to Transition Away From Microsoft

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13348456/' target='_blank'>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13348456/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced Thursday that he will transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company he co-founded to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will continue on as the company’s chairman after transferring his duties over a two-year period. “This was a hard decision for me,” said Gates, who founded the world’s largest software company with childhood friend Paul Allen. “I’m very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever.”"</i><br /><br />Interesting, and not all-together surprising. Bill Gates has been focusing more and more on his charitable work, and after reading the Time magazine article about him earlier this year, I can see he has a real passion for it. I think it's great that someone with so much money wants to focus all his time on helping others - we need more people like that in this world.

[Phoenix]

I read this article and saw the included photo. I was thinking to myself, "Hey, it's the Microsoft Mob", jokingly, of course. But then I took a closer look at their names and noticed that after Gates ceases his day to day activity there, the top three men will be Mundie, Ozzie, and Ballmer. M-O-B. :lol:

I just thought this was amusing.


But I'm glad to see that Gates is focusing on charity. It's certainly admirable for anyone with that much money to actually give back using much of what they've been blessed with. There are many wealthy people out there who would rather waste six figures on a diamond-encrusted cell phone case then actually use their money for something meaningful.

Leading by example is how it's done. Good for you, Bill. We're watching.