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To: jhild who wrote (1272)6/26/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: TEDennis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2770
 
jhild: Well, golly. I can't figure out why nobody else applied for that very same patent. An original concept!

The simplicity of it. The beauty. The intrigue. The royalties he'll get with each use.

Can you imagine that MSFT didn't want to buy the rights for $1.5mil?

Boy, will they be sorry in a couple of years when it's worth almost as much as FBNA!

TED



To: jhild who wrote (1272)6/27/1998 1:31:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2770
 
Re: yet another Y2K cure by yet another teenager

I have one thing to say to everyone out there who thinks the "cure" for the millennium bug is some cute new way to standardize the reporting of dates: "Think Metric".

- Jeff

P.S. If you aren't old enough to remember that phrase, ask your parents... or grand-parents. BTW, trust me, it'll happen next year for sure (g).


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