Bill Gates at the beach

Bill Gates is at the beach when he discovers a bottle in the
surf.

He pulls out the cork and a Genie appears. The Genie says,
I have been trapped for 100 years. As a reward you can
make a wish.

Gates thinks about it as he carries the bottle back to his
beach cottage. Once there, he goes to a bookshelf, pulls out
an atlas and turns to a map of the Middle East. This area
has seen conflict and suffering for hundreds of years. What I
wish for is peace in the Middle East.


The Genie replies, I do not know I can do a lot, but this? Do
not you have another wish?

Bill Gates thinks and finally says, OK. The whole world hates
Microsoft because we have conquered the software market
and because Windows still crashes. I wish you would make
everybody love us.

The Genie says, Let me see that map again.