Amid cheers and tears, Gates says goodbye

Bill Gates wiped the tears from his face, bowed his head to the applause -- and ended an era.

Microsoft's 52-year-old icon worked his final day as a full-time executive Friday, more than three decades after he dropped out of college to found the company with his high school friend. As he prepared to depart, Gates reminisced about Microsoft's successes, and its controversies.

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