Bill Gates going to retire from Microsoft?

Today while I was reading Microsoft presspass, I ended up on this article from yesterday. According to it, BillG will step out the role of Chief Software Architect to Ray Ozzie, who is currently CTO. This not will be one-time shot, rather it will be gradual and it is expected that by July 2008, all of Bill's responsibilities will be taken over by his successor. How is this going to change Microsoft? Will Ray Ozzie be able to follow and drive Microsoft as successfully as Bill has? Time will say. For sure, Ray Ozzie is very talented - check out this article to get a close view of his background. I gotta say that it is admiring - just to start with, he created Lotus Notes and Groove!