Steve Ballmer On His Retirement As Microsoft CEO

Steve Ballmer Reflects On His Retirement As Microsoft CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corp Steve Ballmer attends before a press conference to announce the launch of 'Orange Messenger by Windows Live', 18 October 2006 in Paris. Orange Messenger by Windows Live, developed by Orange and Microsoft, is an instantaneous message center which you can access using mobile phones and computers. AFP PHOTO BERTRAND GUAY (Photo credit should read BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)
The Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corp Steve Ballmer attends before a press conference to announce the launch of 'Orange Messenger by Windows Live', 18 October 2006 in Paris. Orange Messenger by Windows Live, developed by Orange and Microsoft, is an instantaneous message center which you can access using mobile phones and computers. AFP PHOTO BERTRAND GUAY (Photo credit should read BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)

REDMOND, Wash.— Steve Ballmer paced his corner office on a foggy January morning here, listening through loudspeakers to his directors' voices on a call that would set in motion the end of his 13-year reign as Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive.

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