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[News] [Rival] Sweater Boy and Sweaty Boy Don't Get Along

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Gates-Ballmer Clash Shaped Microsoft's Coming Handover

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| One of the most successful business partnerships in history was coming 
| unraveled. It was early 2000, and Bill Gates had relinquished the chief 
| executive's job at Microsoft Corp. to Steve Ballmer -- for the first time 
| taking a back seat to his college pal and right-hand man of 20 years.   
| 
| Mr. Ballmer got the title. But Mr. Gates retained the power, triggering a 
| yearlong struggle between the two men that until now has remained largely 
| under wraps.  
| 
| Things became so bitter that, on one occasion, Mr. Gates stormed out of a 
| meeting in a huff after a shouting match in which Mr. Ballmer jumped to the 
| defense of several colleagues, according to an individual present at the 
| time. After the exchange, Mr. Ballmer seemed "remorseful," the person said.   
| 
| The conflict between the two men paralyzed business-strategy decisions that 
| the company still wrestles with today. Board members stepped in to try to 
| mediate a truce.  
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121261241035146237.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news


Days ago:

Microsoft's Robbie Bach 'thought about killing' Surface

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| "I didn't have a clear line of sight on what the business model was," Bach
| said. "I was always asking myself whether we could afford to keep it."
|
| Surface did have one important cheerleader: Bill Gates.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9956880-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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