I wasn't there with Bill when he bought the OS, but according to Pirates of Silicon Valley, his autobiography, it said $50. The amount of money is not the point, but I hope you get the jist. Compman brought up a very good point also, although I figured it was a given, (good looking though). Nor does it matter if Bill is still the richest man in the world, there are alot of rich men and women, who can buy and sell us. We must aspire to be like them. Not everyone can be a the president, if you get what I am saying. Rich dad Poor Dad is a good book. But some of the stuff could be misleading. While he states repeatedly, that the road to success is not an easy one, his delivery of the information can be interpreted to be an easy trek. I suggest the younger members of GATT get a copy of this book. Just read into the words deeply.