[drt1]

"I can say without Lakeside there would be no Microsoft, and I'm here to say thank you."

A pity. IMHO MS has been much more of a hindrance than a help in the development of software and the Internet. They have effectively stomped the competition down and only recently has their monopolistic grip been opposed effectively.

[NormsRevenge]

Wasn't Gates a drop-out?

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"And I just wanted to say to all you cheerleaders that wouldn't give me the time of day, ...in the immortal words of David Lee Roth, 'Money can't buy you love, but it can buy you a yacht and you can drive over to it.' And uh.., Mr. Jenkins, the math teacher? I just wanted to say that I really appreciated your tutoring, but dude, ...you smell. Thank you everyone."

[taxesareforever]

The school system will surely come out and say that $40 million still is not enough to get students to past the WASL.

[mdittmar]

Damn capitalism!

[daler]

What a waste of perfectly good money.

[vpintheak]

But Microsoft is eeeeeeeeviiiiiiillllllll! Too bad it couldn't go to a homeschooler fund though.

[quietolong]

>>>> I can say without Lakeside there would be no Microsoft <<<


Should not that say. With out the person who wrote CP/M

[Fabozz]

"It's an incredibly generous gift - and also idealistic, giving access to the school to children from all across the city."

Huh, that's funny. I could have sworn giving underprivileged children scholarships to private school was racist, homophobic, religiously-bigoted and aimed at destroying the public school system. All the media here in Seattle keep telling me that, so it must be true.

[Khurkris]

"Its good to be King"