On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:38:26 -0600, "Christopher M. Jones"
wrote:

On the flip side, Microsoft had been headquartered
officially in Delaware for a very long time (due to
the preferable tax and regulatory environment) but
fairly recently moved to Washington.

I didn't know that. Thanks.

I passed the Gates' compound on a company Christmas
party cruise of Lake Washington a few days ago. It's
resplendently lit up with Christmas lights. I kept expecting
them all to suddenly go dark, due to a control system
crash

Dale