Microsoft buys TeX :-)

From: kyrrin_at_jps.net <(kyrrin_at_jps.net)>
Date: Wed Sep 9 21:08:42 1998

On 10-Sep-98 Doug Yowza wrote:

> MICROSOFT BUYS TEX, PLANS NEW PRODUCTS
> STANFORD PROFESSOR REAPS WINDFALL

        <read with a weird mix of horror and disgust, then snipped>

        As I recall, at least one of our list members works at
Microsoft (Kai? Would that be you?)

        If so, perhaps they could comment on whether this wild story is
anywhere close to factual. Sam's right; it smells too much like
someone's idea of a -very- bad joke.
  
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