Microsoft's Gates gives CEO role to Ballmer

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Bill Gates resigned as Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive after 25 years in the post. Steve Ballmer will take over as CEO.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Ballmer, Steve, Gates, Bill

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Microsoft interactive chief resigns

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Microsoft Corp. executive Pete Higgins resigned as the head of the company's interactive-media group. Higgins' departure comes at a time when Microsoft's challenge to America Online Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. for the dominant position on the World Wide Web received mixed results. Microsoft President Steve Ballmer will temporarily oversee the duties left by the 40-year-old Higgins, who has been with the company for the past 15 years. Higgins' resignation also reflects Microsoft's problem of keeping veteran employees, who have benefited from Microsoft's stock-option program.

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Executive Pete Higgins resigns as the head of the company's interactive-media group

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Microsoft antitrust trial helped shape digital era; software giant's dominance is tempered, but its strength is intact

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The antitrust case against Microsoft has had an effect on the shaping of the digital economy. Competition is more open than expected since the trial plus some ground rules have been established in the development of electronic commerce.

Prepackaged software, Legal issues & crime, Cases, Antitrust law, MSFT

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