Gates stepping down
Looks like Bill's energies are heading toward the Philanthropic side of life at this point. Imagine what he can do in that area, given the success he has had in the enterprise software world. This is very exciting, especially when we consider that Ray Ozzie will be taking over as Chief Software Architect. I think this is a fantastic turn for Microsoft especially consider the strong focus in the industry on web 2.0 style technologies like wikis, blogs, tagging, and user generated content. Having cut his teeth creating the 'groupware' industry, Ray certainly has the focus on the right place. Getting enterprise workers to come together.
