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| As founder Bill Gates steps back to concentrate on his charitable
| works, Microsoft faces an uncertain future, with its growth stagnating,
| its internet arm misfiring and Vista, the new version of Windows, years
| late.
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| Microsoft has just lost the services of a man who, over the past couple
| of years, has done more than almost any other to transform the reputation
| of the software giant.
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| This was not Bill Gates, who is giving up his executive duties at
| Microsoft to focus on his philanthropic activities. The
| ultra-competitive Gates, now 50, is the company's founder, chairman
| and, until last Thursday, its chief software architect. As such, he
| is the embodiment of "old" Microsoft.
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| No, the lowly employee who helped to repair the company's image is
| Robert Scoble -- also known as Scobleizer -- one of the best-known
| bloggers in the internet?s "blogosphere"
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