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On this day in history...
04 April 2007
Posted by Dave Wilby
I'm sure it hasn't passed anyone's attention that today is a very special day for a certain something close to all of our hearts and mice.
In Alberquerque, New Mexico, on 4th April 1975, a youthful Bill Gates and his buddy Paul Allen founded a rebellious, maverick software company which they hoped would one day take on the established commercial IT players and perhaps even become a big noise in the new-fangled world of desktop computing.
The musical mystics were more optimistic in the US than this side of the pond, however. Minnie Ripperton topped the US Billboard charts, squealing memorably on 'Loving You', while heading the British Hit Parade was Kojak's more cautious Telly Savalas, with 'If'...
So Microsoft Corporation is 32 today, and looking good on it. Actor Robert Downey Jr, by the way, is 42 today, and (according to my sister-in-law anyway) he's looking in pretty rude health too.
I will be celebrating today by singing 'Happy Birthday' 32 times whenever I open a new Microsoft application or document.
How will you be marking this auspicious occasion?
In Alberquerque, New Mexico, on 4th April 1975, a youthful Bill Gates and his buddy Paul Allen founded a rebellious, maverick software company which they hoped would one day take on the established commercial IT players and perhaps even become a big noise in the new-fangled world of desktop computing.
The musical mystics were more optimistic in the US than this side of the pond, however. Minnie Ripperton topped the US Billboard charts, squealing memorably on 'Loving You', while heading the British Hit Parade was Kojak's more cautious Telly Savalas, with 'If'...
So Microsoft Corporation is 32 today, and looking good on it. Actor Robert Downey Jr, by the way, is 42 today, and (according to my sister-in-law anyway) he's looking in pretty rude health too.
I will be celebrating today by singing 'Happy Birthday' 32 times whenever I open a new Microsoft application or document.
How will you be marking this auspicious occasion?
# posted by Dave Wilby at 11:47 AM 
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