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Bill Gates, (R) Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft plays an Xbox game with World Wrestling Federation star Duane "The Rock" Johnson in New York, November 14, 2001. Johnson took part
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Bill Gates 'absolutely' supports spinning off Xbox biz, but Microsoft committed to gaming unit – GeekWire
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Bill Gates initially wasn't too happy about the original Xbox, thought it was "an insult to everything I've done" - OnMSFT.com
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