Bill Gates call it a day

In a move which has been well flagged over the last couple of years, Microsoft founder Bill Gates will call it a day on the 27th June and handover control of his ‘baby' to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. While Ballmer has been part of the Microsoft management team for some time there will still be a sense of sadness as Gates finally calls it a day. While on the whole Gates' relationship with Ballmer has been very constructive for the group, the last couple of years have highlighted the major changes in the technology market of late and the need for a new leader. Gates will go down forever in the history of the computer market and while he will still be working at Microsoft one day a week and retain his position as Chairman of the board, Steve Ballmer will be looking to make his mark on the group.It will be very interesting to see how the new look Microsoft handles the challenging conditions which were always going to hit the computing giant one day. They have fallen well behind Google in the search engine market, rival operating systems are coming to the fore and while the Xbox has been a success, there had been high hopes they would hit the number one spot. Bill Gates now wants to make himself available for charity work. What a nice man he is. Being in such a high position, stepping down from there on his own and then making himselves available for charity. How many in this world would do this. Hats off to you Mr.Bill Gates.