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We're not talking about ordering beer on the Net. Everybody does that already. We're talking about delivering the stuff right through your computer. Don't laugh. We have high hopes that this technology will soon join the other wonders of our modern world. We think Bill Gates is working on it.
After all, he's dedicated to developing the Web. And besides, he already has more money than God, and almost as much power. He's got Netscape on the run, and he looks to shrug off Janet Reno as a rhinocerous might shrug off a gnat. What worlds are left for him to conquer? What desires, burning inside him, still yearn to be satisfied, ready to stoke that unstoppable entreprenurial drive?
That's right: beer. Imagine how cool it's gonna be be to have a frosty pitcher of Leinie's or Dubuque Star just a mouse-click away. Bill's the kind of guy who can make it happen. He'll have a huge press conference for the roll out --
-- and he'll buy the rights to a John Lee Hooker song for the ads: "Get Windows, Get Word, and Get Beer" (greatly disappointing the Six Fat Dutchmen, who just miss their shot at the brass ring). You know, the diversified structure of the Web is perfect for the whole micro-brewery thing.
We look at the future and we see a tap on every CRT.
(note to billg: if you didn't already have this idea, we'll sell it to you for a cool $15 mil, but you better act now before Larry Ellison offers us a couple kegs of Anchor Steam.)  This page brought to you by Duck's Breath Mystery Theater.Further on the road ahead...
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