Bill Gates Doesn't Work At Microsoft Anymore 497
itwbennett writes "The recent Fortune article on Bill Gates' post-Microsoft life made one thing very clear to blogger Steven Vaughan-Nichols: 'Bill Gates was, and still is, the face of Microsoft. What Microsoft doesn't want you to know though is that Gates has almost nothing to do with the company anymore.' The fact is that Microsoft doesn't want to draw attention to Gates' absence because the company 'has been tanking in recent years,' says Vaughan-Nichols. 'While Microsoft's last quarter was far better than it was a year ago, thanks largely to Windows 7 finally picking up steam, neither Microsoft's growth nor its profits are what they were like when Gates was at the helm.'"
Joke of the day (Score:5, Funny)
This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
Ford is not being run by Henry Ford. Shocking news to everybody who thought that the latest version of the Model T would come out any day now.
In other news, Richard Petty Motorsports has only one race victory in the past decade. Questions of why the King hasn't been driving are unanswered.
Re:This just in... (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, but Elvis is still alive ;)
Re:Maybe you noticed (Score:4, Funny)
Great. Now some Federal bureaucrat is going to read your post and the next thing you know we'll be seeing Bill Gates accepting his appointment as the Recession Czar or some such ;)
Re:This just in... (Score:2, Funny)
- Dan.
Re:saturated market (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't he still a shareholder with +50% of the shares, so he essentially still has a say anyways? I thought I heard that somewhere, but I might be mistaken. Board of directors or something. Point is, Microsoft is not without Bill's Guidance, he simply isn't dealing with the hassles that come with being CEO.
Microsoft's tanking* is completely independent of Bill's situation. They laid this path before them long long ago. You might even say it's Bill's fault they're in this mess.
*As a humorous anecdote, Tanks are a very important component to group play. I like to think of Microsoft as that big guy in the heavy armor who takes all the hits and soaks up all the damage, because it doesn't mean much to him anyways. I also think of Apple as the DPS, and if they keep critting too much with all their successful products, they'll eventually pull Aggro and end up getting all the criticism Microsoft recieves. And I think of *nix as a good healer, silently standing far away from everyone, keeping everything running nominally with their superior networking capabilities and low resource requirements. See? You can relate anything to World of Warcraft. I dare you to come up with something I can't.
Re:Question of the Day (Score:5, Funny)
Or Ballmer in a monkey suit?
Or Ballmer in a monkey suit and as a borg assimilating a chair?
Re:saturated market (Score:5, Funny)
Find new markets to penetrate?
Come up with a innovative product? Nah, couldn't happen...
Maybe he's copying Steve Jobs again... (Score:5, Funny)
The same old story (Score:4, Funny)
They cut off his salary, and moved him to a basement office - but that darn Gates keeps coming in! Can't a guy take a hint?
Re:Maybe you noticed (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe, maybe not. Economists are still divided on that, many are predicting a double-dip too. I believe the Regan said
A recession is when your neighbor loses his job.
A depression is when you lose yours
A recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.
Assuming this to be true, there are a few possibilities
1) Recovery is not possible since JC has no job to lose
2) BO is the functional equivalent and recovery is when BO loses his job
3) Recovery is futile (after all this is an article re: Bill Gates)
Of course, the assumption may be flawed.
Re:saturated market (Score:5, Funny)
combine new and old markets and double-penetrate them both?
Re:Chairman (Score:4, Funny)
Re:saturated market (Score:5, Funny)
combine new and old markets and double-penetrate them both?
Giggity!
Borg photo? (Score:4, Funny)
If Bill is no longer "the face of Microsoft", perhaps we can change the Bill of Borg icon that's associated with Slashdot stories about Microsoft with one of Ballmer throwing a chair?
Re:Who the hell is this blogger? (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, but isn't their market share almost down to 90%? Let's face it. They're outta here..
Re:Question of the Day (Score:4, Funny)
Balmer [...] assimilating a chair
Now now, we don't need any of that.
I'm not sure I want to know what you kids do with chairs these days, but where I come from chairs were for resting on, not for assimilating, or whatever it is you kids call it these days.
Re:saturated market (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I for one am shocked (Score:2, Funny)
Re:saturated market (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The same old story (Score:1, Funny)
He's too busy looking for his stapler.
Re:Natural Consequence. (Score:3, Funny)
LoB
This breaking news just in... (Score:3, Funny)
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is still retired from Microsoft.
Assimilate? (Score:3, Funny)
Balmer does not assimilate chairs. I don't know what the suffix "imilate" means, but what he does with chairs is not related to the ass in any way.
Re:saturated market (Score:3, Funny)