Bill Gates, The man who is loved and hated equally among the tech world is retiring today after being as one of the most revered and respected face in the computing industry. A person without whose fore sightedness, a personal computer might not be where it is now. His tenure at Microsoft is no doubt an eventful era where he built the company from scratch to a household name it is now.

He is relinquishing his office today, 27th Jun’08 to pursue his passion for philanthropy with much more commitment and cause.

He is one of my childhood icons and always I used to admire him for his foresight and business acumen. People might blame him for his buggy windows. But, no other OS comes closer to windows when it comes to ease of usability and affordability.

Microsoft derives most of the business from implementing Bill Gates ideas and thoughts. His basic idea of making a personal computer a center of productivity is still in vogue.

What started basically as a operating system company moved into every other Domain like Internet tools, Server space and office productivity software. Microsoft is also instrumental in the process, of creating an industry that thrived on developing third party applications for Windows Operating systems. He is instrumental is moving over from mainframe era, minicomputer era to personal computing era.

His business mind and acument is clearly visible by observing the way Microsoft works with partners where they drive the business by enabling them to manufacture the hardware that runs Microsoft’s software, vis-a-vis Apple Computers strategy of having control on everything right from the screw that holds to box to the software that runs the box.

Bill G’s position will basically be filled with two able people Ray Ozzie and Jeff Raikes. Hope Post Bill, Microsoft continues its leadership position as it was when he was at helm.