From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:57:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:57:34 -0500 Received: from ptldme-mls2.maine.rr.com ([24.93.159.133]:30448 "EHLO ptldme-mls2.maine.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:57:26 -0500 Message-ID: <3C93BEDC.32F15E3E@maine.rr.com> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:53:32 -0500 From: "David B. Stevens" Organization: Penguin Preservation Society X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.19-pre3-ac1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Hoogerhuis CC: Platinum Control Computer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Information In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Or fifty weeks late;-) Alexander Hoogerhuis wrote: > > Ever noticed you're two weeks early with this one? > > ttfn, > A > > Platinum Control Computer writes: > > > From: Universal(r) News(tm) > > Dateline: Santa Clara, California > > March 14, 2002 > > > > Linus Torvalds, the creator of the world's second most > > common Operating System, Linux, will soon become the owner > > of the world's largest software company, Microsoft. > > > > William Gates, the present CEO of Microsoft, announced today > > that because of an accounting error in Microsoft Money, > > a program developed and distributed by Microsoft, it became > > possible for an outsider to gain control of the company by > > acquiring a negative amount of outstanding stock. > > > > Through his attorney, Melvin Beli, Linus announced that he > > had no intention of selling his negative shares of Microsoft > > stock which caused the accounting overflow. As soon as he > > is able to take a short leave-of-absence from Transmeta, > > Linus plans to move the Redmond operation to Afghanistan. > > > Alexander Hoogerhuis | alexh@ihatent.com > CCNP - CCDP - MCNE - CCSE | +47 908 21 485 > "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it." --Scott McNealy > -