I read somewhere he only spent around $20 million in research and development - pretty impressive I'd say. -----Original Message----- From: owner-kclug@kclug.org [mailto:owner-kclug@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Brian Densmore Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:24 AM To: KCLUG (E-mail) Subject: OT: First civilian pilot flies into space Paul Allen's (you know the other M$ billionaire) company has done it. They've sent SpaceShipOne into space (62.5 Miles) and landed safely. Windows is a 32 bit extension to a 16-bit graphical shell for an 8-bit operating system originally for a 4-bit microprocessor by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition