Rarely, one man could define an era - but, in just 30 years Bill Gates’ Microsoft has transformed the way we life and work. He is a leader like no other - brilliant, passionate, visionary, ‘ruthless’, at the same time generous and humanistic. He was the wealthiest man in the world, yet he is giving most of it via charitable foundation. Technology community is going to miss Bill Gates as he finally retires this weekend. However, new era will begin with his and his wife philanthropic endeavours.
- CNN: Microsoft Without Gates
- Computerworld: Complete coverage: Bill Gates Moves On
- Newsweek: Microsoft After Gates. (And Bill After Microsoft.)
- ZDNet: Bill Gates’ legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
- Forbes: Goodbye, Bill Gates!
- SeattlePI: No Bull Bill: Gates’ blunt legacy
Updated with more links:
- NYTimes: Microsoft Seeks Path Beyond Gates’s Legacy
- PCMagazine: The Bill Gates Exit Interview
- ABCNews: Geek Goliath: Gates Says G’Bye to Microsoft
- SeattlePI: On the scene: Microsoft’s farewell to Gates
- LATimes: Gates closes window on Microsoft
- AP: Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
- CNet News: Tech luminaries’ good-byes to Gates (more)
- Anil Dash: Bill Gates and the Greatest Tech Hack Ever
- Reuters: Bill Gates reminisces about Microsoft
- Wired: So Long, Bill Gates, and Thanks for the Monopoly
- WSJ: Ballmer Ponders Changes at Microsoft
- InformationWeek: Bill Gates Revealed: A Few Things You Didn’t Know
- Economist: After Bill
- Microsoft: Bill Gates: Looking Back, Moving Ahead
