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Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:06 pm**

Photo caption on the front page of The Times of India, a local newspaper:

"Bill Gates adorned the Time magazine cover for the first time in 1984 with a 5.5 inch floppy."

Well, who knew?

Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:05 pm**

I don't get it... what's so funny about a huge diskette?[}:)]

Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:15 pm**

[quote]Originally posted by DonGately
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"Bill Gates adorned the Time magazine cover for the first time in 1984 [b]with a 5.5 inch floppy."[/b]

[/quote]

How embarrasing for Bill, luckily for him there are many medicines now available to address that "shortcoming".

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Posted: **Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:49 pm**

I guess we now know where the term [b] Microsoft [/b] came from.

Posted: **Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:23 am**

If it is 5.5 floppy his wife must be a happy woman.[:D]

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