That meant giving a lot of pull to a scouting and player development operation led by Bill Schmidt, which has come through with flying colors.

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Schmidt is facing Bill Gates, a master of the game, and he is responding to the NetWare 5 threat with a classic defense.

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Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in January attempted to meet Mr. Bae during a trip to North Korea but were denied access.

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