From the London edition of Microsoft's "Get the Facts" tour:

"Laugh of the day went to Philip Hands who stood up from the floor and said that Debian had a better patch distribution system than Microsoft 'would ever have'. The compere jibed back 'Oh, so you are a futurologist as well?' To which Philip replied 'Yes, I switched to Linux ten years ago'."

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/28/ms_mugs_the_facts/