Yet another Moral Story :)

Once upon a time, there was a software engineer
who used to develop programs on his Pentium
machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a
river. He used to earn his bread by selling those
programs in the Sunday market.

One day, while he was working, his machine
tumbled off the table and fell in the river.
Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his
childhood

( the woodcutter and the axe )

He started praying to the River Goddess. The
River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared
only after one month of rigorous prayers. The
engineer told her that he had lost his computer
in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty.
She showed him a match box and asked, "

Is this your computer ?

" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer
awareness, the engineer replied, " No."

She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and
asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said "

No, not at all !!"

Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine
and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and
said "Yes."

The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She
was about to give him all three items, but before
she could make the offer, the engineer asked her,
"Don't you know that you're supposed to show me
some better computers before bringing up my own?"

The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I
know that, you stupid donkey! The first two
things I showed you were the Trillennium and the
Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So
saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!

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Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology
trends, it's better to keep your mouth shut and
let people think you're a genius than to open
your mouth and remove all doubt.