Interesting story and webpage
harmonv 18 Nov 2007 12:15
Although this is not new, I recently stumbled upon it and found it interesting enough to share.
Bill Gates and
Petals Around the Rose
It was June 1977, the very early days of the microcomputer industry. The founders of Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, were amongst those heading home to Albuquerque from the National Computer Conference in Dallas. In the September/October 1977 edition of "Personal Computing" magazine, Henry Gilroy provided the following report on the introduction of the Petals Around the Rose brain teaser to his fellow travelers on the return journey.
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Bill Gates and Petals Around the Rose