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To: Carol Putnam who wrote (10517)	6/29/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Carol Putnam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

> Microsoft ship's on time > --------------------------------------------------- > For the first time in, oh, a decade, I think, > something from Microsoft > shipped on time: Rory John Gates , weighed 8 pounds > 12 ounces when he > was downloaded, er, born on Sunday, May 23 at 2:40 > p.m. And what do Baby > Gates and Daddy's products have in common? > > 1. Neither can stand on its own two feet without a > LOT of third party support. > > 2. Both barf all over themselves regularly. > > 3. Regardless of the problem, calling Microsoft Tech > Support won't help. > > 4. As they mature, we pray that they will be better > than that which preceded them. > > 5. At first release they're relatively compact, but > they seem to grow > and grow and grow with each passing year. > > 6. Although announced with great fanfare, pretty > much anyone could have produced one. > > 7. They arrive in shaky condition with inadequate > documentation. > > 8. No matter what, it takes several months between > the announcement and the actual release. > > 9. Bill gets the credit, but someone else did most > of the work. >