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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:40

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On 28 Jul 2018 15:47:53 GMT
ma...@mail.com wrote:

> When was the word microsoft registered.? 

	Mid 1970s.

> I remember that in `Neuromancer', there was a device mentioned that one
> stuck in one's brain.

	Neuromancer was published in 1984 so Microsoft had been around for
some time then

> (Oh, same difference!)

	I recall thinking when I read it that there was no way I'd connect
anything from Microsoft to my brain.

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