February was quite a month for Microsoft's two co-founders: Bill Gates announced he was stepping down as chairman of the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, and Paul Allen's Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl. The Seahawks crushed the Denver Broncos, 43-8, in their second trip to the NFL championship - both under Allen, who bought the team in 1997. Worth an estimated ($)15 billion, he's had little to do with Microsoft since 1983, the year after he was diagnosed with Hodg-kin's lymphoma.
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