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MICROSOFT Gates back atop Forbes list as richest man; Ballmer has java in White House with Veep...
...That doesn't mean that nothing changed. Look at Redmond these days and you'll see a kinder, gentler Microsoft. Many of the players who earned Jackson's opprobrium are gone; even Gates has receded under the considerable shadow of CEO Steve Ballmer. Windows XP, due out this fall, is much more respectful of non-Microsoft software than its predecessors (they've made it very easy to choose Netscape as your default browser, for example). Dubious add-ons like the "smart tags" that linked words to websites chosen by Microsoft have been quietly ditched...
...STEVE BALLMER Dude, like, hackers broke through your Windows. Bet it was that Joel Klein...
Microsoft has caught flak for being late to the Internet party. And it's not clear .NET--much of it still years from market--will sway the naysayers. President Steve Ballmer called the new direction "bet-the-company," and the cost of failure does look high. One major risk: Microsoft says .NET will be "open code"--accessible to non-Windows platforms--meaning the company may not be able to leverage its monopoly as intensely as it has in the past. Another risk: Microsoft is moving from its lucrative pay-for-software model to a far dicier subscription model...
...Bill Gates' haircut b) Joel Klein's haircut c) Steve Ballmer's "Five Lessons for Managing a Company Under Siege" d) its effect on sales of grandfather clocks in Seattle...