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The announcement that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is slowly withdrawing from the daily running of the company did not come as a surprise.

The writing had been on the wall since January 2000, when Mr Gates handed over the reins as chief executive to his friend from university days, Steve Ballmer.

During the past few years Mr Gates had already spent more and more time on the charitable foundation he had set up with his wife Melinda.

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I can't say that Bill Gates is one of my best friends but there is something I don't understand. I've met many people that get very angry about Microsoft's bugs and policies.
I don't deny they often stink but they don't do anything that most companies would not do given the chance.
After all they're hardly responsible for major human and environmental disasters. I've seen people getting very agitated about the fact that you cannot unistall Windows Messenger and not many people getting that angry about what some other well known companies do in some parts of the world.

TOKYO (Reuters) - To woo young customers more fond of burgers than traditional whale cuisine, a Japanese restaurant has come up with a new taste sensation: the fried whaleburger.

The sandwich, which features fried whale meat nestled in a bun with salad greens and lashings of mayonnaise and ketchup-based sauce, is the creation of a small whale restaurant in the town of Wada, about 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Tokyo.

"Young people think whale and bread really go together well, so the burgers are quite popular," said restaurant owner Akiji Ichihara.

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I don't know if I could eat a whaleburger, It's probably delicious but no I don't think I could.
Nearer to home there is something else which is even stranger, a London restaurant called Archipelago is famous for having strange items on the menu. Anything that goes from insects to crocodile meat.
I'm not squeamish as such and I like to try new and exotic cuisines but I have to draw the line somewhere, insects would not be my choice of menu.