Does this mean more deep pocket competition for the view older jewels
still left out there ? John
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lewczyk" <jlewczyk_at_speakeasy.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Paul Allen Buys Old MITS Building
> Its gonna become a computer museum!
>
> Albuquerque newspaper article:
> http://www.abqjournal.com/news/294821news04-04-01.htm
>
> >From the article...
>
> A founder of software colossus Microsoft has purchased the
Albuquerque
> building where the company had its first office, parties to the
transaction
> said Tuesday.
> A company controlled by Paul G. Allen in October purchased the
> 26,000-square-foot building at the intersection of California and Linn
NE,
> said Peggy Daskalos, whose company sold the building. Allen teamed up
with
> Bill Gates in 1975 to start what became Microsoft.
>
> *snip*
>
> According to a brief item in the current issue of Forbes magazine,
the
> building's sellers say Allen's company plans to turn the building into
a
> computer museum.
>
> *snip*
>
> Slashdot discussion:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/05/194214.shtml
>
>
> - John Lewczyk
> - jlewczyk_at_speakeasy.net
>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 05 2001 - 20:10:46 BST