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microsoftlineup060615.appHeader = "FACT FILE | New lineup at Microsoft";
microsoftlineup060615.appDeck = "Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced Thursday he plans to transition out of his day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft in July 2008. Here's how the structure of Microsoft will change:";
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microsoftlineup060615[i-1].body = "Currently Microsoft's chairman, co-founder Bill Gates, 50, will continue in his current role for the next two years. In July 2008, he will transition and focus more on his charitable work through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.<p>In 1975, while still in school, Gates started Microsoft with childhood friend Paul Allen. He took Microsoft public in 1986 and was the company&#146;s chairman and CEO until 2000, when he assumed the role of chief software architect.";

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microsoftlineup060615[i-1].body = "Currently chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, 50, will continue to be responsible for all day-to-day operations and company business strategy.<p>Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates. Since then, Ballmer&#146;s leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company. ";

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microsoftlineup060615[i-1].body = "Currently a chief technical officer, Ray Ozzie, 50, will immediately assume Bill Gates&#146; title as chief software architect and begin working side by side with Gates on overseeing all software technical design. <p>Ozzie worked on the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc, in the early 1980s, then joined Lotus Development Corp. in 1983 to develop Lotus Symphony, an MS-DOSŪ-based integrated software management product. <p>At an appropriate time during the two-year transition period, Ozzie will shift to reporting to Ballmer.";

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microsoftlineup060615[i-1].body = "Chief Technical Officer Craig Mundie, 56, will take the new title of chief research and strategy officer and will work closely with Bill Gates to assume his responsibility for the company&#146;s research and incubation efforts. Mundie also will partner with general counsel Brad Smith to guide Microsoft&#146;s intellectual property and technology policy efforts. <p>Mundie, 56, joined Microsoft in 1992 to create and run the Consumer Platforms Division. At an appropriate time during the two-year transition period, Mundie will shift to reporting to Steve Ballmer.";

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