From: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:45:45 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Microsoft Millionaires and Billionaires
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At 11:45 AM -0500 10/9/96, Mike McNally wrote:

>And so what happens when the Microsoft key is compromised?  It might
>be hard to break by purely cryptographic means, but surely there are
>some people at Microsoft who aren't millionaires.

Indeed, not all Microserfs are millionaires. Accessing the URL,
http://microsoft.com/list_of_millionaires, I find that as of the close of
business yesterday, there were 13 non-millionaires at Microsoft. Seven were
part-time janitors, three were in food service, and the remaining three had
no identifiable jobs. (And two of the janitors are expected to become
millionaires any day now.)

And http://microsoft.com/list_of_billionaires reports three on the list.

Glad to be of help.

--Klaus


"The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM
that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology."
[NYT, 1996-10-02]
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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