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Gates tapped Mundie, the software giant's chief research and strategy officer, and chief software architect Ray Ozzie to replace him and handle the day-to-day operation of the company so he can focus on his charitable foundation.

In a recent speech at Georgia Tech's New Faces in Technology Symposium, Mundie told the audience that computer science has had a profound impact on productivity and creativity, but said it was still a relatively young discipline.

He told the crowd of faculty and students that technology would provide tools to solve many of society's problems, "but somebody has to invent the tools."

Mundie sat down with CNN.com's David E. Williams to discuss some of the issues facing Microsoft and the computer industry.

WILLIAMS: Do you expect any major changes at Microsoft after Bill Gates steps down?

MUNDIE: Well, I don't think there's any disruption. If there was going to be a big disruption, I think it would have come when we announced it, because we said, "Hey, Bill's leaving and we've made all the changes largely to accommodate his departure as of this day."