__/ [ flyer ] on Saturday 17 February 2007 05:17 \__
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:39:02 -0500, "amicus_curious" <ACDC@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"flyer" <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:lh98t29ct1fsseqi87utuj0jr8s3b0o09e@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "So what did Bill Gates see?"
>>>
>>It may have been when he launched his copy of Quicken and it overflowed the
>>number of digit available positions in the Net Worth field. At that point
>>he may have decided to abandon the hordes of geeky introverts surrounding
>>the software business and take up other pursuits. Why not? With all that
>>moola, he can do pretty much what he wants to do. Maybe it was the Queen
>>of
>>England who talked him into looking at other activities. Maybe it was the
>>president of China. Who knows?
>>
>
> Bill sits on ship
> Bill looks down
> Bill sees HUGE gaping holes in sides, bottom, and top of ship
> Bill sees engine parts flying out exhaust stack
> Bill decides to not go down with ship
> Bill jumps, leaving crew to drown
There's a part you forgot:
Bill sees E-mails that could send him to prison, e.g.:
,----[ Quote ]
| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1989 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
`----
http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
Now, I'm not sure if you were talking about Bill Gates or Bill Weisgerber
(amicus_curious), who has apparently been paid for Microsoft PR for quite
some time.
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