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January 1999

The Trial of The Century! But which one is it? Bill or Bill? I guess it's a toss up as to who gets top billing (no pun intended), Mr. Clinton or Mr. Gates. It is also a toss up of who remembers more; funny how that happens. Mr. Clinton can't remember what went on with Monica but vividly remembers that he didn't inhale twentyfive years ago. Mr. Gates can't remember any of the memos he wrote or conversations he had about turning out Netscape's lights but can remember 99.9% of the code of DOS 2.0, written in assembler twenty years ago; I don't think so! What kind of a message is passed on to the younger generation from America's two most powerful men? Keep a pad a pencil with you at all times so that you can jot down important notes! Well, that's close anyway.

My prediction is that Bill will serve out his term and the other Bill will run for that same office SOON! Run for it? Why? Who is going to combat that treasure chest? How about unlimited resources without even mentioning his trivial bank account? It has always been rumored that W95 and W98 have subliminal video drivers that can be activated over the Internet; seems to me that COULD have some minor effect on an election. A message such as "You really ought to vote for Bill for President" flashing on your monitor once every sixty cycles might make you think you want to make him the President. (Just think if the other Bill could have "suggested" to Monica that she never had a cocktail dress!) How about the E-Mail addresses of every license registered at Microsoft? How about buying all of Washington, D.C. with your lunch money? That is POWER! Need Social Security pumped up a bit? "I'll just fund it out of my pocket change left from slipping AOL a few big ones to buy Netscape at the proper time." This is the perfect example of the Golden Rule! Got a different viewpoint? Let us hear from you! Contact us by E-Mail!

February 1999 will deal with Microsoft, Sun's Java and Jini projects.

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