Microsoft Looking For ET Customers
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday March 23, 2004 @06:48PM
from the they-are-out-there dept.
Mearzuh writes: Microsoft founder Paul Allen has spent $ 13.5 million of his own searching for extraterrestrial life.
Stock analysts claim that this is just another way for Microsoft to regain a stable footing in their quarterly profits, which haven’t been very promising in the recent past due to a lack of growth from saturated markets. Essentially, everyone on Earth already owns a few copies of Windows.
When asked if that claim is true, Allen responded, “Bill and I have a running billion dollar bet as to whether life exists on other planets. And if we found ancillary markets there as well, that’s just icing on the cake, so to speak”. Microsoft has provided NASA with free copies of Windows 98 to power the Martian rovers with hopes of finding potential customers on Mars. But unfortunately, no life forms complex enough to move a mouse have been found.”
Paul Allen remains hopeful, however, and with his recent personal investment his hopes are up in the air, sky high.