Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:33:43 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com> Cc: Gilbert Gong <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning? Message-ID: <20010702193343.B99480@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010702212456.stox@imagescape.com>; from stox@imagescape.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:24:56PM -0500 References: <008f01c1034a$8190d3a0$190f000a@ggongws> <XFMail.010702212456.stox@imagescape.com>
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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:24:56PM -0500, Kenneth P. Stox wrote: > > 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, $750 million to > > support immunization of children in the poorest countries, etc etc > > (see http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/grantlist.asp?mode=&search= ) I > > have a hard time seeing him as "the single most disgusting person in the > > entire world". There's a lot more to this world than software.. > > This is a very recent phenomenon in Mr. Gates career. Until 1997, or so, his > charitible contributions ( outside of donating copies of Microsoft products to > schools ) were virtually zero. It seems that his wife has been a very strong > driving force behind his increased charitable efforts. It is good to see > something worthwhile finally emerging from the wealth he has accumulated. > Percentage wise, it is still pretty small. Does the total of his charitable > contributions even exceed the interest on his fortune? Lets hope that he chooses to emulate Andrew Carnegie. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 4.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | www.bafug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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