Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 21:24:56 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com> To: Gilbert Gong <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? Message-ID: <XFMail.010702212456.stox@imagescape.com> In-Reply-To: <008f01c1034a$8190d3a0$190f000a@ggongws>
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On 02-Jul-01 Gilbert Gong wrote: > A few other points.. > 1) I hesitate to defend Bill Gates, but the man has given a lot of money to > charity (and I mean a lot, even considering how much he has). As much as I > like the idea of free software, when the man has given say $100 Million to > fight Aids, $1 billion to the United Negro College Fund, $750 million to > support immunization of children in the poorest countries, etc etc > (see http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/grantlist.asp?mode=&search= ) I > have a hard time seeing him as "the single most disgusting person in the > entire world". There's a lot more to this world than software.. This is a very recent phenomenon in Mr. Gates career. Until 1997, or so, his charitible contributions ( outside of donating copies of Microsoft products to schools ) were virtually zero. It seems that his wife has been a very strong driving force behind his increased charitable efforts. It is good to see something worthwhile finally emerging from the wealth he has accumulated. Percentage wise, it is still pretty small. Does the total of his charitable contributions even exceed the interest on his fortune? -Ken Stox stox@imagescape.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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