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January 1, 2001 | RAF CASERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
As 2000 dawned, the people of Flanders couldn't have been prouder of Jo Lernout. The former high school science teacher's ideas about speaking to and through computers made him a player on the world's high-tech stage, an elbow-rubber with the likes of Belgium's royals and Bill Gates. Shares in his software company soared. His neighbors fervently poured their savings into what looked to be a sure winner in the new economy.
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January 1, 2001 | RAF CASERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS
As 2000 dawned, the people of Flanders couldn't have been prouder of Jo Lernout. The former high school science teacher's ideas about speaking to and through computers made him a player on the world's high-tech stage, an elbow-rubber with the likes of Belgium's royals and Bill Gates. Shares in his software company soared. His neighbors fervently poured their savings into what looked to be a sure winner in the new economy.
