I honestly thought this would go either unnoticed or unremarked, but judging by the queries we’re getting, you guys are apparently just too eagle-eyed and passionate about your Microsoft certifications.
So yes, we’ve made a change to our certificates: Steve Ballmer’s signature now appears in place of the long-time (since the beginning of our certification program) signature of Bill Gates.
Why did we make the change? Well, since Bill left the company last year, we thought it appropriate to retire his signature on our certificates as well and switch to Steve, our CEO.
“But wait,” you might interject, “I passed two exams recently, and one certificate had Bill’s signature and one had Steve’s. What’s up with that?”
One word: inventory. We’re running through the last of our “Bill” certificates at different rates (we have different certificates for each certification), but by June 1st all of our certificates will bear Steve’s signature.
Nice to know you guys pay such close attention!
Posted By: KirubaKaran
Microsoft Certified Professional
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Hi ,
I don’t care who this Steve is, I want signature of Bill Gates back in my MCPs.
Especially the ones I made while Bill was there.
Steve is the Present CEO of Microsoft