So for his golden handshake, he gets a diamond-encrusted 24k solid gold hand.

ripfire

What, no invites to the retirement party! Man, and this is how they treat a stockholder (20 shares, taken in the shorts, etc)...

andrelix

...because he's been given a free pass on roastings up to now? wow, this week is gonna be harsh.

dave the wet sprocket

I am dying to see what the "thought-provoking essays" will be about...

Where there be one about Bill's tactics with Jobs? Bring it on Giz....please....

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

Like the get a mac ad next to this story.

HAha your out of a job.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Tuesday. We already unveil the Photoshop contest results on Tuesdays. Cuz like Tuesdays would be so BORING otherwise.

@DJJS: That would be a Jesús Diaz original, and there's more where that came from, so stay tuned.

Wilson Rothman

Hey, where is that results of last weeks photo shop contest?

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Nice Photoshop ..

DJJS

When Bill starts collecting Social Security, we're all screwed.

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits, and sometimes Fart, Turd, Twat

Live long and prosper (some more) Bill. Take some time off dude. Buy a Mac Pro and taste the other PC world. Tell Microsoft to port MS Money over to the Mac will you? It's the only reason why I still use Parallels :)

apeguero

I think what Bill Gates is doing with his wealth is beautiful. He is, with Warren Buffet, almost single handedly making the world a better place for the least fortunate. Bravo and Good Luck!

itouchgadgetsinappropriately

Indeed, it's been a great run. As much as I craved a Mac(book), or installing Linux...I've stayed faithful. Now, if you would be so kind, reward me. With money. :)

aR-Tard

I actually will miss him. I could not have wished a bigger monopoly on a nicer guy.

I am afraid I only have a few poorly written stories from long ago, but I will post this one from 1996:

[www.sanitypages.com]

Wow .. Things have changed. Or, maybe they haven't.

Monty

Dagnabbit billy boy, I never thought I'd be sad to see you go. Congratulations universe, you win.

atuck

@Bill Gates Give me some some dough bro.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Gates' retirement is like Barbra Streisand's last Concert Tour! What a great way to get some publicity for free and occupy the media.... At the times for Google/iPhone, Microsoft gets the headlines again. And not for Vista!

altus

I don't hate Bill, but I do like Windows.

michaelleung

As a former Microsoft follower, I'd like to say,
Without Bill Gates, there'd be no competition, and where's the fun in that?
Without Bill Gates, we'd probably be still using Xerox Stars or System 7.
Without Bill Gates, Apple would have world market share dominance, and we don't want a one OS world.

Bill Gates had an awesome run. An awesome run, indeed.

judacris

look at the bright side at least we won't have to hear anymore people blaming Bill Gates for problems with hardware/software.

SirNirian

yeah now he has time to watch his hd porn...

aznplayer213

@Judacris,

Don´t worry - We´ll be sure to give Microsoft a run for their money with Linux, so Apple won´t be it´s only competitor - you can be sure of that....rest asure of that!

JoOngle

Even though i've converted to Mac this year, I still think of Bill Gates in a fond, old uncle kind of why and i'm really not sure why! like REALLY don't know why, but i do!

GizmoTheGremlin

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER

Palestina

it should be:

retire /b /g

instead of retire -b -g

or does Bill use Linux after all?

egghat