Microsoft Volume II

12924.977 - 12950.703 David Rosenthal

So when Bill was planning to fully retire from the company, to retire from his chief software architect role, this is all the way back in 2004, 2005, right? He and Steve know that there needs to be a successor in this role. Even Steve will be the first person to tell you he is not a technologist. He can't do both roles. He needs a bill. He needs a chief software architect.