anchor: Cynics'  He's playing dead . Anti-Microsoft analysts spin the same theory the other  Gates, having been pulled over by the cops for aggressive driving, is sliding into the passenger seat and giving the wheel to Ballmer, whose record is clean, so that the cops will go easy on the company.
positive: The cynical approach says that Gates is turning power over to Ballmer for the sake of the company.
negative: Gates is still in direct control of Microsoft.