Gates-Ballmer rifts marked Microsoft power shift

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Thu, 06/05/2008 - 10:16am

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been close friends and business partners for nearly 30 years. But the two sometimes clashed over the sharing of power at Microsoft, particularly before Ballmer's rise to the CEO slot.

The sparring became so intense that at one point, board members intervened to ...


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