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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (99481)	2/18/2000 5:23:00 PM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Interesting...the interview audio is now 3 minutes shorter on the Bloomberg system. And Gates' comments on opening the source code aren't there any more. There is a statement in the print form the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News that says, "We stand by our story." Maybe they didn't get permission from Gates to air the interview?

To: Gerald Walls who wrote (99481)	2/18/2000 5:55:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Gerald, >Well, MSFT may deny it, but Gates still said it (Bloomberg has the actual interview on its system), and he's still a pretty prominent figure at the company. The story that I read has Bloomberg saying that they don't have a recording of it because it occurred after the interview. FWIU, during the interview he said gave a hem-haw "No." Therefore it's a he said she said pissing contest between the world's largest company & richest man vs those who buy ink by the barrel. Neither's ego will permit them to back down. I saw the Bloomberg guy on their early stock market show today. I could be wrong, but I don't think he'd know source code from Morse code. In fact, that is my opinion, FWIW, about all of the Bloomberg types. Why do I glance at it? It has Nasdaq and Dow futures in the a.m., as well as S&P. All these guys do is read off a list of prepared questions, prep'd by someone else. If anything controversial occurs, it's a circus. Tony