Windows in space

Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne’s historic trip to the outer edges of our atmoshere (100km or so) went well. Financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, I feel even more a part of this flight into space since I’ve contributed (to a small extent) to the funding. You see, Paul Allen poured more than $20 million into this (he was always a space buff) so by buying a copy of Windows (or MS product) you are virtually helping him out. Now, can I get a seat in the next flight please? I do promise to register my MS-DOS 2.0 copy I bought in 1984!

chris on June 22nd 2004 in Uncategorized

2 Responses to “Windows in space”

  1. [jc] responded on 23 Jun 2004 at 10:21 am #

    Glad to be of help too. Does this mean we can become share holders?

  2. chris responded on 23 Jun 2004 at 1:34 pm #

    Only if you agree to Microsoft’s EULA, NDA and SLA. Following that, about $20m will get you into space (becoming a share holder is far more difficult though). The russians get get you to space for $10m (but cannot guarantee return).