"Top 10 Reasons MS Wants to Buy Group Health's Eastside Hospital" joke

10. Place to treat MSFT' 'Post Stock Split'' depression (for those who bought too late).

9. Great place to store copies of Microsoft Bob.

8. Marketing though it was a real cool place to develop MS Anti-Virus.

7. Testing facility for MS HMO Version 1.0

6. Cheaper than Bill's house - and has 4 more beds.

5. First stage of master plan to implant Intel/Windows control chips in MS Employees.

4. Efficient way to distribute Prozac to Windows 98 Developers.

3. Psychiatric ward AKA' 'store house'' for those people that insist on using OS/2 Warp, Mac and' 'other'' operating systems.

2. Melinda said she needed a nursery.

And the number one reason...

Need recovery ward for those who installed IE 4.0