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So on this basis I should once again defer, like I did last March 12+13 to Bill and Paul as the thinkers who got Microsoft off the ground.

I could've gotten more for my effort (MAYBE 5%) but I didn't, and I lost any sizeable chunk for all time when I decide during Christmas '76 that I wanted to move to California; this was when I

1) wrote up my history of ABQ Apr-Dec '76 in one of my first diaries

2) saw Rose Bowl game + decided I wanted a hunk

Opportunist! California!

But I've always gotten as much as I felt I needed when going to ABQ '78, SEA '79, OC '81, SEA '81. And now I must pull for more than [whited out] shares. But remember, I'm not a thinker.