Thanks, folks, for the first good chuckle
I've had from this list in quit awhile.
-- ken
>Me either. I've also signed an NDA with extraterrestrials.
>
>At 03:10 PM 6/26/00 -0400, Esther Dyson wrote:
>>Ken, as you know, I cannot commment.
>>
>>Esther
>>
>>At 11:15 PM 6/25/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>>The marketplace in action....
>>>Any response?
>>>-- ken
>>>
>>>
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>>Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
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