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To: Richard A Martijn who wrote (3928)	11/21/1997 2:10:00 AM
From: Michael C. Woodward	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62558

Speaking of Bubba Gates. I met a guy in Stockton California who used to be a Treasury guy at Ampex back in the early 80's. He was sent up to Washington to meet a young guy in a start-up (Bubba). It seems that Bubba was developing some new software called Dumb Operating System and needed some of Ampex's equipment, but he had no money. So he offered Ampex 10% of his company (now Microsoft). The treasury guy went back to California and told his boss about Bubba's offer and they both agreed that it would be to risky to risk $200,000 worth of equipment for such a shaky business. No joke, a true story.