BILL GATES Bill Gates died in a car accident. Arriving at the pearly gates, he
finds himself being sized up by St. Peter.
"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 America, yet you also created
that ghastly Windows '95. I'm going to do something I've never done before....."
I'm going to let you decide where you want to go."
"So what's the difference between the two?" Bill asked.
St. Peter said, "I could let you visit both places briefly, if it will
help your decision."
"Fine! Where should I go first?"
"You decide."
"Okay then," said Bill, "Let's try Hell first."
So Bill Gates went to Hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach
with clear waters and lots of bikini-clad women running around, playing
in the water, laughing and frolicking about. The sun was shining; the temperature
perfect. He was very pleased.
"This is great!" he told St. Peter. "If this is hell, I'd REALLY like
to see heaven!"
"Fine," said St. Peter, and off they went. Heaven was a place high
in the clouds, with angels drifting about, playing harps and singing. It
was nice, but nothing like Hell. It didn't take long for Bill to reach
his decision.
"I think I prefer Hell," he told St. Peter.
So Bill Gates went to Hell. Two weeks later, St. Peter decided to check
on the late billionaire to see how he was doing in Hell. When he got there,
he found Bill, shackled to a wall, screaming amongst hot flames in a dark
cave, being burned and tortured by demons.
"How's everything going?" he asked Bill Gates.
His voice filled with anguish and disappointment, Bill responded, "this
is awful! This is nothing like the Hell I visited two weeks ago! I can't
believe this is happening! What happened to that other place, with the
beautiful beaches, the scantily-clad women playing in the water?"
"Oh, that was a demo," replied St. Peter. "This is the release version."