text: Cynics ' He 's playing dead . Anti-Microsoft analysts spin the same theory the other Gates , having been pulled over by the cops for aggressive driving , is sliding into the passenger seat and giving the wheel to Ballmer , whose record is clean , so that the cops will go easy on the company .
  
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  Gates ' hands are dirty and Ballmer 's hands aren 't , so Microsoft won 't get into as much trouble .