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Five years of Ballmer--the effect on Microsoft
January 13, 2005
Five years ago Thursday, Bill Gates surprised the tech world by handing his CEO title to Steve Ballmer. Has the company changed?
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Ballmer: Plenty of potential for profits
July 30, 2004
Microsoft's CEO says the company could grow operating income by as much as $6 billion in the next four years.
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Ballmer: We are 'hell-bent' on succeeding in ads
July 26, 2007
Microsoft CEO argues that unprofitable services and consumer device businesses will blossom into more revenue and diversified business models.
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Microsoft's leadership challenge
June 21, 2006
With Bill Gates handing off responsibilities to other execs, a top aide to CEO Steve Ballmer heads for the door.
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At the D5 confab, a high-tech A list
May 31, 2007
Steve Ballmer talks Web 2.0, Jeff Hawkins unveils the Palm Foleo, and Bill Gates and Steve Jobs share the stage.
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Google Inc.
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Commentary: Gates' planned exit changes everything
June 16, 2006
Microsoft's new leadership must quickly find a way to prevent the legacy weight of Windows and Office dragging down the fledgling Live platform.
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A Gates time line
June 16, 2006
A look at the pivotal moments in the life of Microsoft's Bill Gates, one of the world's richest and most famous/infamous men.
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Gates stepping down from full-time Microsoft role
June 15, 2006
Sets 2008 date for transition out of day-to-day role as chief software architect at the software giant.
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This week in Microsoft
November 11, 2005
Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie urge Redmond's leadership ranks to confront the realities and missed opportunities of online competition.
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Marketing campaign for Vista high-steps it in New York
January 29, 2007
Company begins two days of events to celebrate the launch of the latest version of its Windows operating system. Photos: Dancing for Vista
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He said what? McNealy's war of words
April 2, 2004
Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy has launched enough wicked verbal attacks on Microsoft over the years to consider the nearly $2 billion settlement hush money.
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Week in review: Microsoft to bulk up
May 5, 2006
Microsoft has hinted that it will flex its checkbook more during the next year--and now we know where it intends to bulk up.
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Week in review: Microsoft's memos
November 11, 2005
Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie urge Redmond's leadership ranks to confront the realities and missed opportunities of online competition.
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Can Sun-Microsoft cease-fire halt the war?
April 2, 2004
Scott McNealy spent years sniping at Bill Gates' "evil empire." Now, a more customer-centric approach unites the archrivals, forcing them to bury the hatchet.
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Microsoft reveals a softer side
April 2, 2004
The software giant's decision to settle with Sun Microsystems over antitrust and patent issues underscores a change in attitude that has been building through a series of rancorous legal disputes.
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A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?
May 10, 2005
CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days?
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Microsoft steers developers to Longhorn
October 27, 2003
Company executives give developers a peek of the next major edition of Windows and other forthcoming products in a push to spur interest in the operating system.
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