Just as well.  The piles of cash would have broken his fall.

On Wednesday, October 29, 1997 8:55 AM, Larry Boyd [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> >  REDMOND, WA (DPI) - Billionaire geek Bill Gates reportedly tried to
> > jump out of a window at Microsoft headquarters yesterday after receiving news of
> > the stock market crash, but the suicide attempt failed when Gates could
> > not get the window to function properly.  After having his entire Windows tech
> > support staff work on the problem for several hours without success,
> > Gates finally gave up and retired to his office for pizza and Jolt cola.
>
> LB
>