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Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer both fought back tears as they concluded a farewell event for the Microsoft co-founder on the company's Redmond campus this morning. Ballmer presented Gates with a bound scrapbook of photos and memories -- acknowledging that no mere parting gift could do justice to the moment. Then Gates addressed Microsoft's employees for the last time in his full-time role. Here's what he said.
See more details from the event in this earlier post.
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Posted by unregistered user at 6/27/08 2:15 p.m.
Wow....you can feel "it" in his voice. Nakul Goyal