Re: Microsoft to announce buyout of U.S. Gov't (was Informix)

Silicon <silicon@rm-pacbell.net> wrote in article <33870E1B.6A9E@rm-pacbell.net>... > Ok, > > Wouldn't it make more sense for Microsoft to buy > the U.S. Gov't than it would for them to buy Informix? > > After all, this way Microsoft could replace Al Gore's > brain with the latest Office Assistants in Office 97, > and they could even work to lower Bill's ethics to even > new lows -- wait, which Bill was that? > Say, you may be on to something big! If Microshaft bought the U.S. Government and made Office 97 the government standard, think of how much of the budget and how many of the boondoggles could be filtered out through the numerous holes in the Office 97 software. We could balance the budget in six months ... pay off the Nat'l Debt a few weeks later .. and eliminate half of the bureaucrats by having them fired for their incompetence the following month! How do I go about placing my proxy votes? - Scott >>> Remember, Fiat is much more than a car! <<< ========================================== ATTENTION SPAMMERS: Consume fecal matter and expire! To all others who richly deserve a position of prominence in my e-mail inbox, remove the .ANTISPAM filter from my address: bonbahn.antispam@mn.uswest.net Otherwise suffer the legal consequences of tresspass! ==========================================