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Subject:	Re: FLASH: flash 5 problem (OT)
From:	maxx
Date:	Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:38:41 +0100

on 7/18/2000 10:49 AM, Wayne Pennell ( Web Master ) said:

> That's funny ... Bill Gates became one of the richest men in the world by
> distributing his beta software out so beta testers .. i.e.. "anyone" could
> download it.

Oh please please please tell me that you are just kidding with your
implication that MM should be more like MS! I've been so pleased with myself
having had a hand in running PowerPoint out of our department, thanks to
primarily to Flash...

I mean, really, think of how great those programs are. The world is his beta
tester, and there are still so many problems with his software. (Yes, a
broad generalization, compiled among the innumerous complaints and my own
personal problems with certain "features" found in Publisher and FrontPage.)

Is their stock publicly traded? I don't believe I've ever investigated that.

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