Published earlier in Feb 2014 in my earlier Blog – Ported here in Aug 2017: You may have seen the news recently that Microsoft will now have a new CEO in place of Steve Ballmer. This had to be done in response to Wall Street angst with the direction that MSFT has been heading under Steve Ballmer. Along with this announcement came the news that Bill Gates will now assume the new role as “Founder and Technical Advisor” and spend considerable time “assisting” the new CEO and the technical teams. Microsoft is now at a crossroads and this was an opportunity for