It is a great pleasure for me to announce that Steve Ballmer -- my long-term partner in building Microsoft and a great business leader -- is being named CEO,
Steve will absolutely be the business leader, ... I decided I wanted to spend more time with our product groups and drive the breakthroughs. Think of Steve as the business leader and customer champion.
I decided that I want to spend more time with our product groups and drive the breakthroughs and it's fantastic for me that Steve can step up to the business management of the company.