Once at the helm of one of the largest most successful corporations the world has ever seen, Bill Gates’ successor as Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie believes it’s time to start writing obituaries for the traditional personal computer, and perhaps for Microsoft as well.

Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp's resident visionary and departing software chief, said the company needs to move on from its Windows and Office roots and imagine a "post-PC world" of simple, global Web devices.

Microsoft is ready to deploy a cloud-based version of its Azure system for building software.

The man who replaced Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp.’s top technical thinker said Monday that his firm will compete with rivals like Amazon.com and IBM Corp. in selling information storage space "in the cloud."

1st LD Writethru: Bill Gates bids teary farewell to Microsoft LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates bid farewell to Microsoft on Friday, resigning from his full-time post as chairman of the software giant.