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    Bill Gates, the man who started Microsoft and has been its public face throughout its three decades of existence, plans to step away from daily work at the company.

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    Jim Allchin, to some Microsoft's biggest geek after Bill Gates, is retiring at the end of 2006. His legacy: Windows on almost every desktop.

  • Microsoft's long-playing business record

    The antitrust investigation into Microsoft's activities lasted nearly half a decade, but by the time regulators finally came to a landmark conclusion, Microsoft had already established its position and the rival product was all but defunct.

  • MS memo reveals open source campaign backfiring

    Some of Microsoft's efforts to disparage open-source software such as Linux have backfired, according to a recent memo by the software maker.

  • Sun slams MS with antitrust suit

    Sun Microsystems has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, seeking damages that could top US$1 billion partly over the software giant's handling of Sun's Java software.

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