In fact, Mr. Dompier has saved a copy of a handwritten letter from Mr. Gates at about that same time, thanking him for helping find and fix bugs in the program.
Mr. Gates first talked about that product during his keynote at last year's C.E.S. Todd Thibodeaux, senior vice president for industry relations at the Consumer Electronics Association, said the big issues at this year's show would revolve around the marriage of hardware and content.
In the latest film, "The Gates," about a project that began in 1979 and ended in February 2005 in Manhattan when a golden river of banners floated over the walkways of Central Park for two weeks, we hear arguments that have become depressingly familiar to anyone who has followed the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Here's a reminder: One of the four directors of "The Gates," an HBO documentary about that saffron-hued extravaganza in Central Park, has been dead since 1987.
Gates talked a lot about that, but perhaps in a way you wouldn't imagine.
You've got to do something about that gate latch".
There was some light talk about that gate.
One day the two of them were sitting on White's front porch, just enjoying the view, when Dylan turned to him and said, "You know, Jack — I could do something about that gate".
"Enough About 'Gates' as Art; Let's Talk About That Price Tag" (front page, March 5) insinuates that Christo is overstating the cost of the Central Park installation to inflate his stock, to increase the value of the artwork he sold to finance the project.
Director Bill Condon's dramatic thriller is about that modern day barbarian at the gate, WikiLeaks' Julian Assange.
