I don't think he necessarily meant that the stealing was funny, but that Gates found himself in such an awkward position that was humorous.
More than humorous, it must have been shocking to Gates that someone, especially an official making a speech, would just come right out and admit to the stealing and its benefit to his country. I mean, one doesn't usually come right out and say they doing it! Rick -----Original Message----- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: This is pretty funny (Source: Fox News) You don't have to be an employee to not be amused at stealing software, maybe people may find it funny because it happened to be Microsoft but I don't see how stealing a fellow codes work is amusing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:268520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

