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Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly'... Their best approach so far has been to take all the old brochures and stamp the words 'user-friendly' on the cover.
Bill Gates
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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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