BALD, BOLD and beautiful [link|http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9649|Steve Ballmer] is selling a chunk of his shares in the Mighty Vole, and Microsoft has issued a press release to announce the fact.

It might be an enormous chunk. It might be 70 million.

Ballmer, 47, held 470,968,074 shares of Microsoft stock as of Sept. 9, 2002. The statement did not say how much he is selling.

"Even though this is a personal financial matter, I want to be clear about this to avoid any confusion," Ballmer said in a statement. "I remain excited about the potential for our technology to change people's lives, and I remain as committed to Microsoft as ever."