Re: Free Apple I's

[John E Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 12:46:42 -0500, Matt Cole
> <mikaeline@inebraska.com> wrote:
>
> >Actually, it was a) the fact that only a few were made, and b) when has Bill
> >Gates ever used Usenet?
>
> Bill doesn't even know how to turn on a computer.  What makes you
> think he can figure out how to use one long enough to figure out how
> to connect to the internet let alone set up and use a usenet client?
> That is supposing he even realizes that there is more to the internet
> that just the World Wide Web.  :)

I may be off base here, but didn't Bill himself have a significant role in the
writing of Applesoft BASIC?  That would explain the bugs... :-)

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John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Polyanna Principle
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