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Life Imitate Art, Or Is Art Too Real?







Life Imitate Art, Or Is Art Too Real?

Life Imitate Art, Or Is Art Too Real? 06/23/2004 04:22 AM

Here's a story about a Microsoft employee sending an e-mail to Bill Gates, and getting a real reply back, where Bill says he is indeed happy. And everyone celebrates after receiving the e-mail from Bill, and the e-mail got framed on the wall, and the Microsoft employee ended up on cloud nine.
What is interesting is one of the comments below: "Have I mistakenly stumbled across the fabled 'lost chapter from Microserfs'?"




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