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The Stated reason is that "he wanted to spend more time on his foundation, he will still be on the Microsoft board as the chairman and will still hold the most shares in Microsoft."

The real reason has to do with legal issues in the European Union in which Microsoft Software violated their policies. The other reasons are the numerous problems with their Vista software and other products which are not received well by the market.

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