I guess with as much money as Bill has he can define "immediately" any way he chooses.
On 6/15/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I quote: > > "According to a statement today, Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie will > immediately take the title chief software architect, working side by side > with Gates. Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie will immediately take the > new title of chief research and strategy officer." > > According to the radio broadcast, Mr. Gates will step immediately as chief > software architect, starting the process immediately. He will finalize the > transition over a period of two years. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Perry Pellechia > > > Actually he steps down in 2008 as I quote: > > > > "Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates, > > co-founder of the software mega-behemoth, plans to give up day-to-day > > duties at the company beginning in July 2008. (No, really.)" > > > > On 6/15/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bill Gates announced today that he's stepping down from day-to-day > > > activities in Microsoft. The change will take place immediately. > > > > > > http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/14827102.htm > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

