Eventually Bill Gates is asked to 'decide':
"Well, Bill," said God. "I'm really confused on this one. 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. I'm going
to do something I've never done before. I'm going to let you
decide where you want to go!"
Mr Gates replied, "Well, thanks, God. What's the difference between
the two?"
God said, "You can take a peek at both places briefly, if it will
help you decide... Shall we look at Hell first?"
"Sure!" said Bill. "Let's go!"
Bill was amazed! He saw a clean, white 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 said, "This is great! If this is Hell, I can't wait to see
Heaven!"
To which God replied, "Let's go!" and off they went.
Bill saw puffy white clouds in a beautiful blue sky with angels
drifting about playing harps and singing. It was nice, but surely
not as enticing as Hell.
Mr Gates thought for only a brief moment and rendered his decision.
"God, I do believe I would like to go to Hell".
"As you desire," said God.
Two weeks later, God decided to check up on the late billionaire to
see how things were going.
He found Bill shackled to a wall, screaming among hot flames in a
dark cave. He was being burned and tortured.
"How 'ya doin', Bill?" asked God.
Bill responded with anguish and despair. "This is awful! This is
not what I expected at all! What happened to the beach and
the beautiful women playing in the water?"
"Oh, THAT!" said God. "That was the screen saver.
This is the operating system!"