Bill Gates decided to bring the world’s attention to the problem of malaria in developing countries by pulling out a stunt this week during a tech conference.

“Malaria is spread by mosquitoes”, he reportedly said, “I brought some here. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” And with that he opened a jar full of the bugs, allowing them to fly out into the audience.

While he was quick to inform the shocked crowd that his mosquitoes were malaria-free, his mission was certainly accomplished: the malaria issue made the headlines, at least for the day.

I can think of quite a few other bugs that Bill Gates’ company, Microsoft, has released in the past few years. I am reminded of them every time my laptop freezes and I have to re-boot.

And now I cannot stop wondering if all Windows’ bugs are also part of some kind of stunt.