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A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June.
As Bill Gates steps down from full-time work at Microsoft, well-wishing cheers and not-so-nice jeers are echoing from Silicon Valley.
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Windows XP, the operating system formerly known as Whistler, is designed for people who are afraid of their computers--and for those of us who love and support them. It is, as Bill Gates said, the most important release since Windows 95, and it will change the way many people relate to computers (especially people who haven't bought one yet).
On the eve of Windows XP's launch, I joined 14 other journalists for a private dinner with the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft. We had one thing in common: When Bill talks, we write about it. And on this night he was talking, and just to us. Here's part one of what Bill had to say.
A survey sent to registered Xbox owners from a partner of the software giant is testing the interest in connecting the console to other home entertainment files.
The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, isn't due for a few years. But Microsoft has recently divulged more information on the OS, which promises to be a significant upgrade.
The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
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