- Title: USA: BILL GATES TO STEP DOWN AS MICROSOFT CHIEF.
- Date: 14th January 2000
- Summary: REDMOND, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 13, 2000) (VNR) 1. GV/PAN: MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER BILL GATES WALKS INTO NEWS CONFERENCE 0.04 2. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) GATES SAYING "Today we're taking the next step.Today, Steve is going to be stepping up to a new role, he will be CEO of Microsoft. I'll take on a new role that will allow me to spend almost 100 percent of my time on these new software technologies. I'll be the chairman, I'll be the chief software architect . And my commitment to working full-time, working with the same energy that I brought to this job over these last 25 years is 100 percent. It's a very exciting evolution for me and I see it as a very good transition for the company. Steve and I have had a unique partnership. We've worked together for almosts 20 years now. I feel very lucky that he's here to take on the new challenge of CEO and have me in my role as chief software architect. Overall, I'd say the company has got terrific people, a great management team, some incredible technologies and because of this belief in software and the opportunities that are out there there , we have a chance to do a lot more in our future than we've done to date. So let me now ask Steve to come up and I'll congratulate him on his new role. " 1.27 3. GV: GATES SHAKING HANDS WITH NEW MICROSOFT CEO STEVE BALLMER 1.35 REDMOND, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (FILE) (HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL) 4. MV: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 BOXES ON ASSEMBLY LINE (2 SHOTS) 1.49 5. CU: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 CD-ROM 2.00 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 13, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 6. CU: USA TODAY ARTICLE ON ALLEGED MICROSOFT PROPOSAL TO SPLIT UP COMPANY 2.07 REDMOND, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 13, 2000) (VNR) 7. MV: SOUNDBITE (English) STEVE BALLMER, NEWLY APPOINTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MICROSOFT, SAYING " "I think it it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to break up this company. I think it would be unprecedented, and I think it would be the single greatest disservice to consumers in this country." 2.28 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 13, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. GV: MICROSOFT'S MSN WEB PAGE 2.36 9. MCU: ANTI-TRUST EXPERT MARC SCHILDKRAUT SAYING "If I was Microsoft, I would certainly, if the Justice Department was going to continue to insist on a three-way break-up or even more, I would try to wait them out. If the Justice Department is looking at something much less, maybe it's time for Microsoft to start bellying up to the table to see what they can really get out of this and walk away with as much as they can. " 3.01 REDMOND, WASHINGTON (FILE) (VNR) 10. MV/CU: WORKERS PLACING MICROSOFT PRODUCTS IN BOXES ON ASSEMBLY LINE 3.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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