Why Microsoft Won’t Fund Us
Is Bill Gates a real person or, like Betty Crocker or Uncle Sam, some sort of business or government character to boost sales or enhance product identity? What is his relationship to Diana Ross?
———- from Bruce Belkin of Marikina City, Philippines
Just as Sonny and Cher were flip sides of the same coin, so are Bill Gates and Diana Ross the same person. Contrary to popular belief, Michael Jackson is in no way related to Ms. Ross or Mr. Gates, but is a distant third cousin twice removed of Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Cricket. Betty Crocker and Uncle Sam were the stage names of Betty Furness and Durwood Kirby, who were practically household names back in the early fifties, depending on the household. By the way, comedian Flip Wilson invented the first programming language, BASIC, in his backstage dressing room, working on an early PET computer.
Just as Sonny and Cher were flip sides of the same coin, so are Bill Gates and Diana Ross the same person. Contrary to popular belief, Michael Jackson is in no way related to Ms. Ross or Mr. Gates, but is a distant third cousin twice removed of Cliff Edwards, the voice of Jiminy Cricket. Betty Crocker and Uncle Sam were the stage names of Betty Furness and Durwood Kirby, who were practically household names back in the early fifties, depending on the household. By the way, comedian Flip Wilson invented the first programming language, BASIC, in his backstage dressing room, working on an early PET computer. 