In less than a week Bill Gates will step down of his day to day responsibilities of Microsoft to a part time work at Microsoft. He will work full time on his charity foundation, founded by his wife, after he steps down known as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Gates started Microsoft in 1975 with Steve Ballmer, Gates childhood friend. Gates was chairman and CEO of Microsoft from 1986 to 2000 until Steve took over as CEO. It started with the days of MS-DOS, Microsoft first operating system called Microsoft Disk Operating System, to Windows and XBox and Microsoft Office. Microsoft’s Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie will assume title of chief software architect, and Microsoft’s CTO for advanced strategies and policies Craig Mundie will immediately take the new of chief research and strategy officer and will assume Gates’ responsibilities for Microsoft’s research and incubation efforts. Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie will report to Steve Ballmer after Bill Gates leave.