[Archive note:  The Fooler wrote: 
"I sent the following to selected users (ones with MS Word 1.0) on our 
campus.  One person actually believed it!!!" ]

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 19:44:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Keiko Pitter <kpitter@willamette.edu>
To: ....
Subject: Surprise Announcement from Bill Gates (fwd)


You might be in for a big money...

Keiko

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 14:24:58 -0800
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <net-happenings@is.internic.net>
Subject: Surprise Announcement from Bill Gates (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 17:09:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Lisa Soshi <lisa@access.digest.net>
Subject: Surprise Announcement from Bill Gates


(SEATTLE, March 30, 1994) -- Bill Gates today announced a surpise he had 
packaged into Microsoft Word Version 1.0 released in 1990.  The software
is programmed with a special message that will be displayed during the 
startup process on April 1 of 1994.

Bill Gates, chief executive officer of Microsoft, said, "This is a 
non-intrusive, very respectful way to gather information about our 
customers. This is a fun way to find out if people hang on to old software 
(without upgrading)"   Just to add additional "excitement," the message 
gives instructions to receive $500 rebate from Microsoft, along with the 
current version of Microsoft Word.

The biggest surprise is the following: those people with unopened package of 
Microsoft Word Version 1.0 can receive a new computer system along with 
the newest version of Microsoft Office (a package composed of Microsoft 
Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)

Any employee of Microsoft or distributors of its products are excluded 
from the offer.

contact: Paul Pizia
email: info@ms.com
phone: 206-464-8686

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