Saturday, March 19, 2005

Al Qaeda vs. Microsoft

I wonder what would happen if we could get Al Qaeda and Microsoft to fight each other? For example, by telling Microsoft that Al Qaeda is distributing Firefox, and by telling Al Qaeda that Windows is anti-Islamic.

Is there any chance we could rid of one of them this way. Or - dare I hope? - both. Imagine the war:


  • Day 1: Microsoft takes out a patent on suicide bombings, airplane bombings, truck bombings and all the explosives that are not patented yet.

  • Day 2: Al Qaeda blows up a Microsoft building and puts up 10000 webpages about Microsoft being evil.

  • Day 3: Microsoft sues Al Qaeda for bombing without paying for the patent.

  • Day 4: Some Al Qaeda cleric finds a hadith saying that Microsoft Windows are against the will of Allah. Signed by Mohammed himself, no less.

  • Day 5: Microsoft search engine finds only very nasty porn pages when searching for "Al Qaeda", and endless pages about how Al Qaeda is against true internet security, mom, apple pie and Internet Explorer.

  • Day 6: Some Al Qaeda cleric declares that every new Linux installation brings you an extra virgin in heaven.

  • Day 7: Microsoft bribes all governments the money can buy to fight against Al Qaeda. Ome million terrorists and sympathisers are arrested worldwide.

  • Day 8: Swarms of men and women in headscarves and veils, all waving Debian installation CDs and screaming "Allahu Akbar!", attack offices around the world and install Linux everywhere where they are not killed by goverment troops before that.
  • Day 9: Microsoft buys every nuke it can, nukes all known Al Qaeda bases.

  • Day 10: Some Al Qaeda cleric promises virgins on earth for every new Linux installation, and slightly-used men and women too, in case the world runs out of virgins.


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