Gates no longer reigns as world's richest bloke
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| That honour now belongs to Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, the
| publication calculates.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40756
Related:
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| "There can be no more eloquent statement that Microsoft is growing
| irrelevant than Bill Gates' announcement on 15 June 2006 that he is
| stepping down from daily operations. Ray Ozzie has already taken over
| as Chief Software Architect.
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| "One of the most eloquent dispositions on how badly things have gone
| wrong within Microsoft was by a Windows group insider (3). It
| describes the state of paralysis within the company caused by the
| horrifying complexity of monolithic integration, and persistent denial
| of reality by Microsoft's development management."
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| "So what did Bill Gates see?"
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http://aaxnet.com/editor/edit040.html
Bill Gates Sells Some Microsoft Shares
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| Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates sold 3,995,300 shares of
| common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070508/microsoft_insider_sales.html?.v=1
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
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