Microsoft Bids to Acquire Catholic Church

Rome | 12.19.01 | By Hank Vorjes

[RedBloodedAmerican]

We should have seen this one coming.

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[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ping!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ping!

[Dominic Harr]

Lovely!

Thanks for the ping.

Love that pic of the cybernun, too.

[milestogo]

ROTFL!!

Where does your soul want to go today^TM

[ArrogantBustard]

Bad move on Gates' part. Acquiring Islam would have been a better choice; the business models are the same...

AB

[Dominic Harr]

Gates described MICROSOFT's long-term strategy to develop a scalable religious architecture that will support all religions through emulation. A single core religion will be offered with a choice of interfaces according to the religion desired -- "One religion, a couple of different implementations," said Gates.

Funny stuff!

Really great. Thanks.

[Rain-maker]

Windows Holy Editon: Email God today

[anymouse]

Yeh, we saw this joke coming 3 years ago!

Anymore recycled jokes you want to choke FR's bandwidth with?

[dfwgator]

So then I guess Vatican II, will now be properly referred to as Vatican 2.0.

[Jack Wilson]

That's why the code name for their new operating system is Stained Glass Windows....

[Bush2000]

Perhaps RedHat will acquire the Taliban's assets?

[Still Thinking]

Where does your soul want to go today?

"Salvation at your fingertips"

Does the service pack come with wine?

[Aristophanes]

With the acquisition, Pope John Paul II will become the senior vice-president of the combined company's new Religious Software Division, while MICROSOFT senior vice-presidents Michael Maples and Steven Ballmer will be invested in the College of Cardinals, said MICROSOFT Chairman Bill Gates.

Mildly humorous, but geeze -- it's been around awhile. My cousin Mike retired from Microsoft several years ago.

[rogers21774]

I've always thought that an action packed "Command and Conquer" type game based on the crusades would sell well.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I wasn't here 3 years ago. I was born yesterday, so they tell me.

[Poohbah]

I understand that Microsoft has ditched the Microsoft Church name and has instead renamed it Stained Glass Windows XP.

[RogueIsland]

Gates described MICROSOFT's long-term strategy to develop a scalable religious architecture that will support all religions through emulation. A single core religion will be offered with a choice of interfaces according to the religion desired -- "One religion, a couple of different implementations," said Gates.

Classic! They'll need to take care that they don't have any security holes that might expose the core Demiurge to hackers, though. And have they safeguarded against a denial-of-service attack through automated mass-prayer and supplication requests sent from virtual "zombie" petitioners?

[The Duke]

This gives all new meaning to the expression..."Holy Sh&t!"

[JosephW]

I tend to see Red Hat purchase Hinduism or Bhuddism as they tend to like those more new age type faiths.

MCSE (W2K & NT), MCT,, etc. Now where can I find a thread to bash MS instead of Linux?