Couldn't agree less

"At the end of the month, Bill Gates is stepping down as chief software architect of Microsoft , and retiring from his day-to-day role at Microsoft, the company he co-founded and led for most of the past 30 years."

Rico says Lance Ulanoff (click on the post title to read his column in PC Magazine) is entitled to his opinion, misguided though it may be, about Bill Gates: "Say what you will about the intense, sometimes mean-spirited and quietly driven man, but without Bill Gates, there's likely no Microsoft, no Windows, no Office suite, and, perhaps, even a delay in the technology and Internet revolution."

You can also read Michael Miller's 'exit interview' with Gates here. (And what sick sense of humor or just bad programming put the 'upgrade to Mac' ad next to the Gates interview?)

Rico says he still regrets having the opportunity and not acting on it, but he did let Gates walk out of a room at Apple alive... (His apologies to all those forced to use Gates machines.)