The highlight of the annual Computer Bowl occurred when Bill Gates, who was a judge, posed the following question to the contestants:

``What contest, held via Usenet, is dedicated to examples of weird, obscure, bizarre, and really bad programming?''

After a moment of silence, Jean-Louis Gassee (ex-honcho at Apple) hit his buzzer and answered ``Windows.''

Mr. Bill's expression was, in the words of one who was there, ``classic.''

Sent by miner@tc.pw.com, relayed from Adam C. Engst (ace@tidbits.com), selected by Maddi Hausmann.

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