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ZD Net UK: Redmond 2008: The Microsoft Software group

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 1999

Thanks to Alex Burr for
this link.

“Redmond, 2008 — Who’d have guessed that Microsoft could
possibly reinvent itself? But this year, for the first time many,
was definitely a good one for MSG: the Microsoft Group.”

“That rebellion, according to retired and relieved company
executives, was one of the key factors behind the departure of Bill
Gates. A year of increasingly strained public appearances, during
which his handlers freely admitted, Gates was losing control,
culminated in the infamous Bruge Restaurant incident.”

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Web Webster

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