Quote of the Day: Bill Gates on 'Extend'

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-12-27 14:12:32 UTC
Modified: 2008-12-28 10:14:09 UTC

"I have decided that we should not publish these extensions. We should wait until we have a way to do a high level of integration that will be harder for the likes of Notes, Wordperfect to achieve, and which will give Office a real advantage."

--8ill Gates [PDF]

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