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To: HerbVic who wrote (33555)6/1/2002 8:21:47 PM
From: Don Green  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 213177
 
HerbVic> But, they must have been connected somewhere. After all, the son went to Harvard, dropped out,

Again I think you place too much on family connections and not enough on luck and incredible timing.

History of Dos members.fortunecity.com

Dropping out of Harvard really means little in the big picture, of course Bill Gates had a rich family to fall back on, but you must also consider he must have had to thnik about the major disappointment to his family which dropping out would mean.

Regards

Don