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Bill Gates Bids Teary Farewell to Microsoft
REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) – Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world’s most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home. He leaves Microsoft, which he co-founded with childhood friend Paul Allen in…
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Oracle Damages in SAP Case Could Top $1B
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Damages sought by software maker Oracle Corp could top $1 billion in an intellectual property lawsuit it has brought against arch-rival SAP AG, according to a court filing. Oracle is suing TomorrowNow, a U.S. subsidiary of SAP, for corporate theft and alleges it illegally downloaded masses of Oracle customer service materials and…
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Microsoft Changing Channels?
For the 400,000 resellers whose businesses depend on Microsoft’s partner programs, the past year has been spent watching Bill Gates wean himself from the company he built and wondering what the future holds for the world’s biggest technology partner ecosystem. Microsoft’s 400,000 worldwide partners drive about 95 percent of Microsoft’s revenue, according to Michael Speyer,…
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Without Gates, Microsoft`s Channel Changes Little
In our celebrity obsessed culture, we make superstars of musicians, elevate rich heiresses and B-movie actresses to global fame and create entire communities devoted to showcasing our own crudely produced Web videos. So it’s little wonder that the departure of a corporate icon such as Bill Gates is met with a mix of fear and…