Analysis: What Bill Gates’s Departure Means for Microsoft

Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft in 2 years time to focus on his non-profit work for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which focuses on global learning and health. So with that, analysts have been scrambling to give out their speculations about MS now that their iconic chairman and chief software architect will be leaving.

Contrary to the notion that MS might go down as Bill Gates leave, some analysts are saying that  Mr. Gates’ departure from daily operations at the company could actually strengthen it and even pave the way for better, more innovative products. Gates departure will also be synonymous to the end of the peculiar division of labor between him and MS Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.

According to technology analyst, Rob Enderle, “usually a chief software architect reports to a CEO, but since Gates was also chairman, Ballmer had to report to him. There really wasn’t one person in charge…This takes Microsoft back to a more traditional structure.” He also added that “he (Gates) wasn’t really involved in the day-to-day decisions on what went into the product for quite some time and Gates’s actual impact on the products has fallen off dramatically over the last seven years.”

With Mr. Gates departure, “the industry may have lost an icon but Microsoft gained a full-time chief software architect.” Which only means that if his successor, Ray Ozzie, is willing to take the challenge, MS might just emerge to be a stronger, more balanced company that is backed by an impressive line of products.

Although MS is going to lose an icon and the company’s public face, non-profit or charity work will gain a lot. With Mr. Gates focusing his attention to the improvement of global health and education, the day he leaves MS is definitely a good day for the developing and third-world countries. Sometimes it’s all about getting your priorities straight, Mr. Gates certainly did, and people are applauding his decision.

Via yahoonews

Bill Gates will be leaving Microsoft in 2 years time to focus on his non-profit work for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which focuses on global learning and health. So with that, analysts have been scrambling to give out their speculations about MS now that their iconic chairman and chief software architect will be leaving.

Contrary to the notion that MS might go down as Bill Gates leave, some analysts are saying that  Mr. Gates’ departure from daily operations at the company could actually strengthen it and even pave the way for better, more innovative products. Gates departure will also be synonymous to the end of the peculiar division of labor between him and MS Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.

According to technology analyst, Rob Enderle, “usually a chief software architect reports to a CEO, but since Gates was also chairman, Ballmer had to report to him. There really wasn’t one person in charge…This takes Microsoft back to a more traditional structure.” He also added that “he (Gates) wasn’t really involved in the day-to-day decisions on what went into the product for quite some time and Gates’s actual impact on the products has fallen off dramatically over the last seven years.”

With Mr. Gates departure, “the industry may have lost an icon but Microsoft gained a full-time chief software architect.” Which only means that if his successor, Ray Ozzie, is willing to take the challenge, MS might just emerge to be a stronger, more balanced company that is backed by an impressive line of products.

Although MS is going to lose an icon and the company’s public face, non-profit or charity work will gain a lot. With Mr. Gates focusing his attention to the improvement of global health and education, the day he leaves MS is definitely a good day for the developing and third-world countries. Sometimes it’s all about getting your priorities straight, Mr. Gates certainly did, and people are applauding his decision.

Via yahoonews