Hi all,
Thought you all might enjoy this little story about Bill Gates encounter with
the eternal operating system.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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> Bill Gates died in a car accident.
>
> He found himself in Purgatory being sized up by God. "Well, Bill, I'm
> really confused on this call. I'm not sure whether to send you to
> Heaven or Hell."
>
> "After all, you enormously helped society by putting a computer in
> almost every home in the world, and yet you created that ghastly Windows
> 95. I'm going to do something I've never done before. In your case, I'm
> going to let you decide where you want to go!"
>
> Bill replied, "Well, thanks, God. What's the difference between the
> two?"
>
> God said, "I'm willing to let you visit both places briefly if it will
> help you make a decision."
>
> "Fine, but where should I go first?"
>
> God said, "I'm going to leave that up to you."
>
> Bill said, "OK, then, let's try Hell first." So Bill went to Hell.
>
> It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear waters. There were
> thousands of beautiful women running around, playing in the water,
> laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining and the
> temperature was perfect. Bill was very pleased.
>
> "This is great!" he told God. "If this is Hell, I REALLY want to see
> Heaven!"
>
> "Fine," said God and off they went.
>
> Heaven was a high place in the clouds, with angels drifting about
> playing harps and singing. It was nice but not as enticing as Hell.
>
> Bill thought for a quick minute and rendered his decision. "I think I
> prefer Hell" he told God.
>
> "Fine," retorted God, "as you desire." So Bill Gates went to Hell.
>
> Two weeks later, God decided to check up on the late billionaire to see
> how he was doing in Hell. When God arrived in Hell, he found Bill
> shackled to a wall, screaming amongst the hot flames in a dark cave.
> He was being burned and tortured by demons.
>
> "How's everything going, Bill?" God asked.
>
> Bill responded his voice full of anguish and disappointment, "This is
> awful, this is not what I expected. I can't believe this happened.
> What happened to that other place with the beaches and the beautiful women
> playing in the water?
>
> "Oh!" God says, "That was the screen saver."
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