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To: Don Green who wrote (33556)	6/1/2002 11:07:21 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Yeah, that was it. Luck and incredible timing. Of course! That's what the guy said after getting struck by lightning while playing golf on a hill in the rain. I have to agree that it could have been just kismet and nothing else. Just ask Erika Greene if that doesn't sometimes happen despite long odds against it. But, I did read a book about 17 or 18 years ago that stated otherwise in this case. I can't be the only one who has read that book. I remember distinctly that it gave the social connections between the parents and someone high up in IBM's management. The book was much broader in scope than just Microsoft. It also talked about the people involved in the creation of Apple. I just don't remember the name of it. HerbVic

To: Don Green who wrote (33556)	6/2/2002 1:16:13 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Again I think you place too much on family connections and not enough on luck and incredible timing. Oh, my god. What did Gates do that other people haven't? You guys left out ruthlessness. I know a lot of people who couldn't work harder and are very lucky, but they don't control billion dollar empires. Gates has the kind of personality that can suppress the kind of guilt that normal people have and can rationalize every rotten deal, swindle and downright nasty business decision he's made. The guy makes William Randolf Hurst look appealing.