Ozzie the wizard; Face value.(Face value: Microsoft's Ray Ozzie)

Economist (US), The, June, 2006

Bill Gates replaces himself as Microsoft's software boss with Ray Ozzie, his top choice but one

THE co-founder, chairman and "chief software architect" of Microsoft, the world's largest software company, would deny it on his life, but the one person Bill Gates admires most for his geeky prowess--and might have chosen to succeed him as software architect--is almost certainly Steve Jobs. Unfortunately, Mr Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer and victim of Mr Gates's predatory business instincts during the 1980s and 1990s, cannot be considered available, since he is busy leading Apple's renaissance as a builder of gadgets and software that, in the opinion of his fans, put Microsoft to shame. So Mr Gates spent years courting the geek he admires second most, a...

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