Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: Microsoft to Lease Office

Author:	Fredrik Lundh
Posted:	11/10/1999; 2:24:57 AM
Topic:	Microsoft to Lease Office
Msg #:	12910 (In response to 12885)
Prev/Next:	12909 / 12911

Looks like this is exactly what John Walker (of autodesk fame) wrote about a long time ago:

http://www.fourmilab.to/documents/ProgramsArePrograms.html

Redmond, Washington, March 20, 1992. Transcript of meeting of John Walker and John Forbes of Autodesk and Bill Gates and Todd Needham of Microsoft.

WALKER: So let me see if I understand where you're going with this, Bill. What you'd really like is if in, say, five years, everybody with a computer gets a Microsoft bill every month, just like a telephone bill, for each product they use.

GATES: Precisely.

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