I usd to think Gates & Co were the world's masters and persuading people that black was white and vice versa -- after all, if you counted up the cost in American working hours of debugging, reinstalling, re-producing valuable files and other huge and hidden costs of being a Microsoft customer, it probably would be onthe order of magnitude of Bill Gates' personal fortune. Howja like them apples?

But now I think the Bush team has the Redmond team beat hollow.

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