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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (18117)3/20/1998 6:58:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
The Secret diary of Bill Gates billg.org

Another satire, unlike the Red Herring thing this one predates the Slate "Mr. Bill goes to Washington" version by a bit. But like the Red Herring, it sounds a little more true to life that the Slate version. From the current entry, billg.org

This memo dropped on my desk this morning. Thanks, Nathan! So...

Latest Office Market Share

Microsoft Office 92%
Lotus SmartSuite 6%
Corel WordPerfect 2%

Only 8% to go! Yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

And here are my Top Ten Reasons that's NOT a Monopoly...

1. That's a legal term which I have to leave to the lawyers -- I'm just a humble software guy.
2. Isn't that when you have like, 100% share?
3. Monopoly's a BOARD game.
4. 92% of the office suite market? Ah, but that's only 7.5% of the total APPLICATIONS market -- hardly enough to worry about.
5. Lotus and Corel are still going aren't they?
6. Not everyone has a PC (or Mac) that can run Office.
7. Microsoft has single-handedly created the American software industry -- and created billions of dollars in new wealth and millions of new jobs... And, er... what was the question again?
8. There's absolutely no connection between Microsoft Office and Standard Oil.
9. I was just kidding about that last 8%.
10. I'm a nice guy really.


Cheers, Dan.
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