Microsoft reduced its number of paper forms from more than 1,000 to a company-wide total of 60.
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Internal count of Microsoft paper forms, only the company's records could confirm.
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Bill Gates, “Microsoft reduced its number of paper forms from more than 1,000 to a company-wide total of 60.” (said 1999). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_b405558259cf, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b405558259cf
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