NOTE FROM KIM:

Bill Gates announced that over the next
two years he will “transition out” of
his day-to-day role at Microsoft.

The Top 7 Next Steps for Bill Gates

7> Use those stock options to buy his soul back from the Devil.

6> Call Google’s headquarters and ask if their refrigerator is running.

5> Meet up with Jobs and Torvalds at the island hideout and cackle maniacally as their secret codes let them take control of 95% of computers worldwide.

4> Finally send out checks he promised to people who’ve been forwarding his “research” chain e-mail.

3> Start training his outsourced Indian replacement.

2> Finally help to free Africa of that crippling disease known as Open Source Software.

and the Number 1 Next Step for Bill Gates…

1> “I’m going to buy Disneyland!”

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Credits:

Selected from 38 submissions from 13 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 1, 2
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 3, 4
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 4
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 5
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 6
Allen Evans, Cedar Rapids, IA — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic