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To: Kashish King who wrote (8557)	3/26/1998 11:54:00 AM
From: Punko	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

For all you Gates fans...this is worth a few yucks. Bill Gates calls the Belgian Police by Mark Wutka "Brussels police department, how may I assist you?" "Uh.. yes.. I just got hit in the face with a cream pie." "Okay, sir. Have you called the Brussels police department before?" "No" "Well, let me get a little information about you for our records. Your name?" "Bill Gates" "Country?" "The USA" "Native language?" "English" "Okay, sir. Your police department ID number is BP31415927. Please use this number the next time you call. Now, you say you were hit in the face with a pie?" "Yes, I was just about to meet with the Belgian Prime Minister. One person distracted me while another hit me with a cream pie." "We've had other customers report that they were hit in the face with a custard pie. Are you sure it was a cream pie?" "Well, I have white stuff all over my face and I don't see any custard, so I really don't think it was a custard pie." "Have you visited the Prime Minister before?" "Yes" "Were you hit in the face with a pie then?" "No" "Hmm... have you visited any other Prime Ministers in the past month?" "Yes" "Any pies then?" "No" "Okay, well.. let's try something. Go outside the building and come in again. I'll wait." "Just a minute.." [several minutes pass] "Okay, I'm back." "Did you get hit by another pie?" "Of course not" "Well sir, I don't know what could have caused the first pie, but it looks like things are working fine now. I'll make a note of the problem, though. If it happens again, please note the exact details of the situation and call us again. Thank you for calling the Brussels Police Department. [click]"

To: Kashish King who wrote (8557)	3/26/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Rod, Meet the Gates, they're the modern, Stone Age family Well said, Mr. Macpherson! Meanwhile, the public will be buying Java-enabled cell phones & set-top boxes to do their computing. The PC business has hit the wall at around 40 million installed home units. That number hasn't changed much & they don't seem to be able to make inroads into the other 60 million or so households in the US. People who want inexpensive computing devices that are as easy to work as their TV or CD player, are going to buy into the embedded market and use computers like an appliance. As you stated, this is in direct contradiction to Mr. Gates "vision" of the future. cheers, cherylw