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To: Robert Rose who wrote (107883)	9/3/2000 5:16:05 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>I'm back now from a summer in the NW. Robert, good to hear from you, it sounds all goes well. Your back, and I leave for Seattle in the morning. Microsoft is having its 25th anniversary at Safeco field on Tuesday...it will be the first time I've been there since it was built...so I'm kinda excited. I'll seeing some guys I haven't seen for many years so I hope I can stay sober.;-) >I'll probably keep a low profile Take mine I'm moving on...There's only a few savvy left here, and occasional invasions from an Ego-maniac, a burger flipper, and an self proclaimed "expert". Robert...what a history? >1978 December: Microsoft exceeds $1 million in sales for the year. >1979 January: Microsoft moves offices from Albuquerque, N.M., to Bellevue after considering locating in California's Silicon Valley. >1981 July: Microsoft is incorporated with Gates as chairman and president and Allen as executive vice president. Stock is issued to a few insiders, at 95 cents a share. > March 1986: Microsoft goes public at $21 per share. The initial public offering raises $61 million. A share purchased at the IPO is worth $3,024 today. >1996 August: Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0, a browser upgrade challenging industry leader Netscape Navigator. >1998 September: Microsoft tops General Electric as the world's highest-valued company in market capitalization. Three weeks later, Microsoft surpasses Netscape in browser-market share. >December 1999 MicroSoft reaches an all time high. September 2000. Every investor/speculator is still looking for the next MicroSoft...while Amazon.com someday might make a profit.;-)