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To: DownSouth who wrote (28743)	8/25/1999 7:32:00 PM
From: Teflon	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Gates wants to set the record straight: Gates said "Pirates" film got it wrong AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 25 (Reuters) - As far as Microsoft Corp.(Nasdaq:MSFT - news) chairman Bill Gates is concerned, the recently-aired television movie ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' can walk the plank. Gates said on Wednesday the movie, which depicted the rise of the computer industry and Silicon Valley through a rivalry between Gates and Apple Computer's Steve Jobs, got it all wrong. ''Maybe I'm too close to the situation to like the portrayal, but that was not history,'' he told the audience at the Dell DirectConnect conference for Dell Computer Corp.customers. ''They didn't get the facts quite right,'' said Gates. The movie, produced for Turner Network Television, portrayed Gates as a greedy and manipulative schemer who clashed with Jobs when they were trying to build their companies in the early days of the computer industry. Gates remembered it differently. ''This business was fun and exciting and full of great people and it's been a great privilege to be part of its being created,'' Gates said. ''I hope that someday somebody can capture that in a truthful way,'' he said. Teflon

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