Good bye Bill Gates

Today is Bill Gates's last day at Microsoft. Kind of. He is going into semi-retirement. Gates will step away from the day to day operations but will stay on as the company's non-executive chairman.

A non-executive chairman is a part-time officeholder who chairs the main board of the company and provides advice to the CEO. Gates will still be seen as the political figurehead of Microsoft. But will people and fanboys still be able to blame Gates for every little thing Microsoft does? I don't think anybody can take Bill's place in that department.

Cliffy B hates Bill Gates

... and eats puppies! Ok, those statements might be exaggerated, but Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski has been quoted as talking about porting Gears to the PS3.

So far this is just noise, and Microsoft isn't having any of it. Sources say that this is the result of the recent fights between Microsoft and Epic, mainly Epic keeps wanting to put out free content for Gears of War and Microsoft keeps wanting to charge for it.

While overall, Epic's give free shit away strategy has made them a fan favorite, but this talk of helping out "the enemy" with a port is causing some fanboys to rebel against Epic.

And this might all be a case of wanna be rockstar Cliffy B shooting off his mouth when he shouldn't have been. After all, everyone knows you don't cross Mr. Gates.

Viva Pinata for young girls?

At least, according to Bill Gates it is.

I don't know yet, but I've heard good things about the game, including that it's addicting. I'll find out tomorrow. I borrowed the game from Josh. I'm restraining myself from playing it until tomorrow because I want the achievement points to count towards the Microsoft/Old Spice Rewards Challenge. (Editor: We talk about the Rewards Challenge in Podcast 2)