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Gateway Computer Co-Founder Mike Hammond Dead At 53 (siouxlandnews.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the rest-in-peace dept.

damn_registrars writes: Mike Hammond, one of the three men who co-founded Gateway Computer, died over the weekend at the age of 53. Gateway started in an Iowa farmhouse in 1985 and shipped PCs straight to customers in boxes with a spotted-cow design. After retiring from Gateway, Hammond started Dakota Muscle to restore and repair classic cars.

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  1. Lol Gateway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gateway is for cows! MOO go the cows! You cows!

  2. Re:Hmmmmmmm by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Informative

    I feel bad because he died, but I also feel good because I outlived him.

    I mean, it's better that I read about his death than him reading about mine, right?

    As my late great hero Yogi Berra said, "If you don't go to your friend's funerals, they won't go to yours."

    R.I.P. Mike Hammond.

    --
    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.