Microsoft 50th anniversary party in Redmond, Wash., April 4, 2025 (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times) A Microsoft Product Manager has sparked online conversation after posting a meme that openly mocks Windows while praising Apple’s macOS. Merill Fernando’s post on X, which has garnered over 707,000 views and 11,000 likes, compared using Windows to leaving Earth’s…
Indian-American software engineer Vaniya Agrawal has publicly shared the resignation email she sent to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and thousands of colleagues following her protest at the company’s 50th anniversary celebration on April 4.Agrawal confronted Microsoft leadership, having all the three CEOs of Microsoft – Satya Nadella, Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer and also the…
Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates is interviewed by host Brenda Song during a 50th Anniversary event at Microsoft headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond) Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, and co-founder Bill Gates sat down with current CEO Satya Nadella. Among all the conversations, he…
Microsoft is now 50 years old. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, CEO Satya Nadella along with former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, sat for a conversation led by an unexpected host—Copilot, the AI assistant developed by Microsoft. Sharing a video in an X post, Nadella wrote “Three Microsoft CEOs walk into a room on…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently named three key figures who supported Satya Nadella’s appointment as CEO: Gates himself, former CEO Steve Ballmer, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. In a conversation with Smith, Gates reflected on the decision-making process and shared his concerns about Microsoft’s future after stepping away from day-to-day operations. During…
Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has described his close relationship with Steve Ballmer, who became the CEO of the company after Gates left, in his memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings”. Gates gave Ballmer a 4% stake in the company to convince him to join the company.Gates portrays Ballmer – whom he met at Harvard…
