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Gates Slammed for Secret Meeting
Fri Aug 5, 2005 11:00 PM ET
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, has faced criticism from all quarters today, after it emerged that he recently travelled to Afghanistan to meet America's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden.
A Microsoft Press Officer strenuously denied reports of the visit, claiming that Gates had not been outside of the US for some time. However, several witnesses claim to have seen the pair chatting in the lobby of the Mustafa Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One individual, who claims to be a waiter at the hotel and wishes to remain anonymous, claimed to have overheard part of the conversation. He said, "It was very strange because Mr Gates was quite heavily disguised, but you could tell that it was him." When pressed for details, our source stated that Osama had apparently been keen to order a number of Microsoft's new Xbox 360 consoles, in order to pass the time while hidden away in his cave network - a claim instantly dismissed as "farcical and utterly ridiculous" by the MS Press Officer.
However, this reporter has since received photographic evidence of the meeting. [URL]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/WookieeMonster/BillGatesOsama.jpg[/URL]
So far, no-one at Microsoft has been available for comment.
Fri Aug 5, 2005 11:00 PM ET
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, has faced criticism from all quarters today, after it emerged that he recently travelled to Afghanistan to meet America's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden.
A Microsoft Press Officer strenuously denied reports of the visit, claiming that Gates had not been outside of the US for some time. However, several witnesses claim to have seen the pair chatting in the lobby of the Mustafa Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One individual, who claims to be a waiter at the hotel and wishes to remain anonymous, claimed to have overheard part of the conversation. He said, "It was very strange because Mr Gates was quite heavily disguised, but you could tell that it was him." When pressed for details, our source stated that Osama had apparently been keen to order a number of Microsoft's new Xbox 360 consoles, in order to pass the time while hidden away in his cave network - a claim instantly dismissed as "farcical and utterly ridiculous" by the MS Press Officer.
However, this reporter has since received photographic evidence of the meeting. [URL]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/WookieeMonster/BillGatesOsama.jpg[/URL]
So far, no-one at Microsoft has been available for comment.
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gamesfreak wrote:
> I knew the instant this was posted it'd turn into an xbox-joke thread.
Shows how wrong you were, then!
It's a Bill Gates joke, not an Xbox joke.
> I knew the instant this was posted it'd turn into an xbox-joke thread.
Shows how wrong you were, then!
It's a Bill Gates joke, not an Xbox joke.
I knew the instant this was posted it'd turn into an xbox-joke thread.
"lol the EX-BOCKS is big lolrofl"
"lol the EX-BOCKS is big lolrofl"
Aha.
The picture is classic.
The picture is classic.
They wanted to relieve boredom, why are they looking for xboxes?
Gates Slammed for Secret Meeting
Fri Aug 5, 2005 11:00 PM ET
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, has faced criticism from all quarters today, after it emerged that he recently travelled to Afghanistan to meet America's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden.
A Microsoft Press Officer strenuously denied reports of the visit, claiming that Gates had not been outside of the US for some time. However, several witnesses claim to have seen the pair chatting in the lobby of the Mustafa Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One individual, who claims to be a waiter at the hotel and wishes to remain anonymous, claimed to have overheard part of the conversation. He said, "It was very strange because Mr Gates was quite heavily disguised, but you could tell that it was him." When pressed for details, our source stated that Osama had apparently been keen to order a number of Microsoft's new Xbox 360 consoles, in order to pass the time while hidden away in his cave network - a claim instantly dismissed as "farcical and utterly ridiculous" by the MS Press Officer.
However, this reporter has since received photographic evidence of the meeting. [URL]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/WookieeMonster/BillGatesOsama.jpg[/URL]
So far, no-one at Microsoft has been available for comment.
Fri Aug 5, 2005 11:00 PM ET
Afghanistan (Reuters) - Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates, has faced criticism from all quarters today, after it emerged that he recently travelled to Afghanistan to meet America's most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden.
A Microsoft Press Officer strenuously denied reports of the visit, claiming that Gates had not been outside of the US for some time. However, several witnesses claim to have seen the pair chatting in the lobby of the Mustafa Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One individual, who claims to be a waiter at the hotel and wishes to remain anonymous, claimed to have overheard part of the conversation. He said, "It was very strange because Mr Gates was quite heavily disguised, but you could tell that it was him." When pressed for details, our source stated that Osama had apparently been keen to order a number of Microsoft's new Xbox 360 consoles, in order to pass the time while hidden away in his cave network - a claim instantly dismissed as "farcical and utterly ridiculous" by the MS Press Officer.
However, this reporter has since received photographic evidence of the meeting. [URL]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/WookieeMonster/BillGatesOsama.jpg[/URL]
So far, no-one at Microsoft has been available for comment.
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