Ah, what could have been

Having been forced by circumstances to work on a Gates-based machine for the last several days, Rico is yet again reminded of his oft-told story about sitting in a waiting room outside Steve Jobs' office during his time at that Fruit Company (circa 1986), where his only companion was none other than Mister William Gates himself.
After half hour or so of non-conversation, Gates walked out of the room alive.
For everything that's happened in the decades since, you have my apologies.