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Bill Gates Quotes: Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority.
         

Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority.


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