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  TOP TEN EXECUTIVE MEALS AT BILL GATES'S HOUSE

Bill Gates recently had 100 of his closest friends over to dinner.
Service was impeccable and highly personalized. To wit, the top
ten dinners served to the high-tech CEOs visiting Bill Gates:

10. Andy Grove, Intel: chips 'n' bugs
9.  Larry Ellison, Oracle: picks off Bill Gates's plate
8.  Al Gore, the United States: pork
7.  Kim Polese, Marimba: just coffee, thanks
6.  Scott McNealy, Sun: 100 percent-certified Sun chips
5.  Halsey Minor, CNET: TV dinner
4.  Esther Dyson, EdVenture Holdings: salad 1.0
3.  Michael Cowpland, Corel: day-old bread
2.  Bill Gates, Microsoft: thrice-cooked spaghetti code
1.  Lou Gerstner, IBM: Chessmen cookies


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