[Sussex] Well done Gareth / .NET

[Steve Dobson]

Nik

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 09:03:21AM +0000, Nik Butler wrote:
> > 	2) 	Bill Gates is like king Midas.  Hmmm, Bill is very 
> > 		good at making money for himself and Microsoft, 
> Hmmm okay I was fishing for other Fables and thats no a bad comparison.
> See Midas turned every thing he touched to gold. Which was great for the
> kingdom but lousy for his personal benefit. See he could not eat, love
> or hold anything without it becoming gold. He became a very sad and
> lonely and hungry king. If MS is like midas then everything it touches
> soon becomes valuable but pointless.

Now one could say that if gold was to become common place then the price
of gold would fall.  That is why the leaf has not be accepted as a major
currency since the days of the Golgafrinchams.
 
Steve