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From: Thees Peereboom Jeez, of all people - doesn't Petzold know he's violating the MSFT copyrights? - Thees Peereboom On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:53:33 -0600, "Joe Barr" wrote: >On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:22:18 +0000, Tony Williams wrote: > >> Joe Barr wrote: >>> Who was the journalist who got a Windows logo tattoo back in the mid >>> 90's? >>> I keep wanting to say Tom Henderson, but I would love to know for sure. >> >> Wasn't that Charles Petzold, the guy who wrote the Windows books? > >Bingo! Thanks! > >Quoting from a message from Jaime Cruz on January 4, 1995: > >Hold it... I see the reason for that last one here on page >95 in John Dvorak's "Inside Track" column: "Charles Petzold arrived at the >Betty Boop Bar and showed off a tattoo he had on his right upper bicep. It >depicted the Microsoft Windows logo!" --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/1.45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 379/1 633/267 |
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