The man who has come to define the PC
revolution has decided to walk away — very slowly — from his creation.
Microsoft Chairman William H. Gates III said June 15 that he will give
up his day-to-day role at the company in two years to focus on giving
his vast riches away through the $29 billion Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
“Just
as Microsoft took off in ways I never expected, so has the work of the
Foundation, and it's growing rapidly,” Gates, 50, said in a press
conference announcing the news. “With the early successes comes the
challenge of scaling up and delivering these new approaches to......
