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	Mac Users "guinea pigs" for Mac Office???

coecoe321

3-5-2007 9:34 PM

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business, computers, ethics, mac, microsoft, bill gates

coecoe321 says:

Ooh. This sounds like dirty business!

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3-6-2007 2:22 PM

NonStatQuo

jaw dropping and pathetic.

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