Gates' retirement news is no big deal

Someone who blogs under the name Jon Swift (his profile picture is a engraving of satirist Jonathan Swift) greets the news of Bill Gates' retirement from Microsoft with a yawn. He makes several good points, including

Gates' retirement is going to be a very slow process. Get up, make yourself a cup of coffee. Make yourself two cups of coffee. Chances are when you get back to your desk, Gates still won't be retired. In fact, the entire retirement process may get hung up and have to be restarted again from the beginning.