Why is it funny?
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Sorge To: CF-Talk Sent: Fri Feb 02 19:44:34 2007 Subject: This is pretty funny (Source: Fox News) *BUCHAREST, Romania - Pirated Microsoft Corp. (MSFT<javascript:stockSearch('MSFT');>) software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu <javascript:siteSearch('Traian Basescu');> told the company's co-founder, Bill Gates <javascript:siteSearch('Bill Gates');>, on Thursday.* Basescu was meeting the software giant's chairman in Bucharest to celebrate the opening of a Microsoft <#> global technical center in the Romanian capital. "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers <#>. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania," Basescu said during a joint news conference with Gates. "It helped Romanians improve their creative capacity in the IT industry, which has become famous around the world ... Ten years ago, it was an investment <#> in Romania's friendship with Microsoft and with Bill Gates." Gates made no comment. Former communist Romania, which has just joined the *European Union*<javascript:siteSearch('European Union');>, introduced anti-piracy legislation 10 years ago but copyright infringements are still rampant. Experts say some 70 percent of software used in Romania is pirated, and salesmen still visit office buildings in central Bucharest to sell pirated CDs and DVDs. Foreign investors say Romania's IT sector is one of most promising industries in the fast-growing economy thanks to high level of technical education <#> in Romania, low wages - and the country's thriving underworld of computer hackers. The best part: 'Gates made no comment'. I can imagine what he was thinking though. LOL -- Bruce Sorge "I'm a mawg: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268494 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
