Comparative biography of two V.V. Or you can’t leave?

Both are named after the fathers. Moreover, both are V.V. One is Vladimir Vladimirovich, the other is William.
Mothers of both V.V. their name is Mariami.
Both are a little over fifty. 54 to Vladimir Vladimirovich, 51 to William William.
Both were born in October. But our V.V. - Libra, and their V.V. - Scorpio.
Both V.V. two daughters each.
In 2004, Time magazine included both V.V. to the list of the most influential people in the world, and both won in the same nomination - " Leaders and revolutionaries ."


Both V.V. are the heads of the world's largest corporations.
Vladimir Vladimirovich has been heading the Rossiya corporation for 8 years (142 million employees, gross domestic product in 2006 - $ 937 billion).
For almost 32 years, William Vilyamovich has been steering the Microsoft Corporation (71 thousand employees, hundreds of millions of Windows computers around the world, sales volume for 2006 - 44 billion dollars).
Both V.V. must transfer power to their corporations in 2008.
The term of office of Vladimir Vladimirovich expires in May 2008. The Russian Constitution does not allow the extension of the powers of our V.V.
On June 15, 2006, William Williamovich announced his intention to withdraw from everyday participation in the affairs of Microsoft Corporation since July 2008 and to fully concentrate on the implementation of Bill and Melinda Gates charitable foundation projects in the field of education and health.
Both V.V. have prepared for themselves successors.
In this picture, Vladimir Vladimirovich with his alleged successors, Deputy Prime Ministers Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev. Sergei Ivanov oversees the Russian government in industry, transport, space, innovation in science, the military-industrial complex. Dmitry Medvedev is responsible for the implementation of national projects, in particular, Health, Education, Affordable and Comfortable Housing - for Russian Citizens, and Agricultural Development.

And in this picture, William William with his successors - computer technology veterans Craig Mandy (left), who is responsible for research and strategy, and Ray Ozzy, chief software architect.
Messrs. Mandy and Ozzy will share the responsibilities of William Williamovich. Mundy will deal with issues of interaction with the federal government and the international politics of the corporation and will be a more public figure. Ozzy focus on the internal management of the company.
In addition, Mundy will have long-term strategic decisions in the sphere of influence, while Ozzy will oversee current product development issues.
Finally, Mundy will be responsible for system software, such as the Windows operating system, and Ozzy will answer the challenges Microsoft is facing in today's Internet environment.
Both V.V. insist on the finality of their decision.
Vladimir Vladimirovich: “I will not change the Basic Law. Under the Constitution, one cannot be elected three times in a row. To be elected a third time, if not in a row, the Constitution does not prohibit. True, I’m not sure that I want it. ”
William Vilyamovich: “I am in a happy situation when I can devote myself to interesting, exciting and important things and work on it together with wonderful and very influential people. There is so much of this work that even a 24-hour working day is not enough. ”
Political circles and business treat these statements with the same distrust.
Political analyst Olga Kryshtanovskaya about Vladimir Vladimirovich: “I think Putin will run for president in 2012. And for the period from 2008 to 2012, he will become prime minister. Although other options are not ruled out - for example, he can head the parliament. But this is unlikely ... if Putin remains in power, then he will become the number one person in any chair. And the new president will not be his successor, but his assistant ... ”
David Ioffe, professor at the Harvard School of Economics about William Williamovich: “It is very difficult for a person of his age, who has built such a successful company, which today faces so many new challenges, actually leave. He can never become a nominal leader. ”
In less than a year, we will learn how each of the two V.V. he will solve the notorious question: where to put a comma in the phrase "You can’t leave you can’t stay."