19 Jan
2005
19 Jan
'05
5:44 a.m.
I've not gotten windows to crash since 2000, except for on faulty hardware
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Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Teen Heart-throb!
One nickel per crash, one crash per day, for each of hundred million
machines, for a year, is a little over 1.8 gigabux. How rich is
Billy-boy? How many Windows boxen are there? (I don't know the answer
to either.)
More than 50e9, and well over 1e8.
I've never used Windows for a full day with only one crash.
What's next, Bill Gates jokes? My favorite is a
one-liner:
"If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed...
Oh wait! He does!"
No, even Bill isn't that rich. In fact, I don't
think there's that
much money in the world.