Microsoft: One year after Bill Gates' exit
InternetNews | at | by Mike
It's been a year since Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stepped away from the company full-time to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates, however, retained his role as chairman of Microsoft's board.
That left long-time CEO Steve Ballmer on his own to make the myriad of decisions it takes to run the world's largest software company.
"In the end, when the buck stops, it stops at Steve now -- he's the one responsible for whether Microsoft fails or succeeds," Tim Bajarin, president and principal analyst at Creative Strategies, who has followed Microsoft since it was still a tiny company, told InternetNews.com.