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Re: Bill Gates wrote THAT?!?

Posted by Nate Custer.

Student on team #470, Steve Gregory, from Ypsilanti and Visteon.

Posted on 1/17/2000 11:31 PM MST


In Reply to: Bill Gates wrote THAT?!? posted by Joe Johnson on 1/16/2000 6:57 PM MST:



Found it on Slashdot. However, I have the book and will grep the electonic verion of it soon to find out.

Nate

: 'The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.' Bill Gates, The Road Ahead, Viking Penguin (1995),

: I don't believe that that is an accurate quote.

: If someone were to develop an easy way to factor ANY prime number yet alone large ones I would be call that a mathematical breakthrough indeed!

: How sure are you of that quote?

: Joe J.


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