Timeline: Bill Gates, in his own e-mails
How has Bill Gates' thinking evolved over the years? Internal Microsoft memos and e-mails provide a glimpse inside his mind, showing how he has approached the struggles and opportunities facing the...
View ArticleQ&A: Will Microsoft foresee the next big thing?
During an interview last week with Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, I pointed out that Microsoft has been behind on some big trends, like Internet search and the Internet...
View ArticleA Seattle P-I Special Report
Bill Gates is finishing his day-to-day duties at Microsoft, more than 30 years after he formed it as a small partnership with his friend Paul Allen. The move begins a new era for Gates, Microsoft and...
View ArticleFull text: An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant
Sometimes, software isn't so magical. Even for Bill Gates.
View ArticlePhoto: Original Microsofties, then and now
Perhaps the most famous photo of Microsoft's early years is a portrait of Bill Gates, Paul Allen and nine employees looking very young and very '70s in a shopping-mall portrait studio. With Gates...
View ArticleRadio host’s dramatic reading of Gates rant
Radio personality Dave Ross of KIRO-AM/710 in Seattle noticed yesterday's post about Bill Gates' January 2003 Windows rant and channeled the Microsoft chairman's frustrations for a dramatic reading on...
View ArticleAudio: Early Microsoft office manager on Gates
One of the most legendary stories from Microsoft's early days is the tale of the first time Miriam Lubow, the company's early office manager, saw Bill Gates walk into the office in Albuquerque. With...
View ArticleOn the scene: Microsoft’s farewell to Gates
Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates at the event. (Photo: Microsoft.)Microsoft is holding a town hall meeting here in Redmond this morning to send Bill Gates off into the new era of his life. It starts about...
View ArticleAudio: Bill Gates says so long to Microsoft
Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer both fought back tears as they concluded a farewell event for the Microsoft co-founder on the company's Redmond campus this morning. Ballmer presented Gates...
View ArticleOn the trail of Bill Gates, one month later
Bill Gates promised he wouldn't be sitting on the beach, and indeed, a little more than a month after his Microsoft farewell, he doesn't seem to be having any trouble keeping busy. Here's what we know...
View ArticleBallmer, Gates address world’s most powerful CEOs at summit
Microsoft is hosting its 13th annual CEO Summit at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond from May 19 to May 21.
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