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To: Al Bearse who started this subject	10/23/2001 11:21:42 AM
From: Uncle Frank	of 74651

Talk about bad timing... From today's San Jose Mercury News Microsoft, meanwhile, is trying to spread the word to its partners about an ill-timed mail promotion. The software giant recently sent nearly 2,000 friends who had helped with the launch of Windows XP a thank-you gift: miniature Zen gardens consisting of sand and rocks in a wooden frame. Once the anthrax scare hit, Microsoft realized folks might not be too keen on receiving a powder-like substance in the mail. The company rushed out an e-mail alerting its partners that the packages were kosher. ``It was unfortunate timing,'' Microsoft spokesman Matt Pilla says with admirable understatement.

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