On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:51:25 -0500, amicus_curious <ACDC@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Linonut" <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%wedj.54401$L%6.42926@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>* amicus_curious fired off this tart reply:
> Gates has donated a much higher percentage of his net worth to
> charities than Shuttleworth.
And you know this for a fact do you, as opposed to having pulled it out
of your ass?
> What is the history of Shuttleworth's original company anyway? Did he
> produce anything with a fair value? Did he have investors? Whatever
> happened to his business?
He founded Thawte, one of the original companies selling trusted SSL
certificates for web commerce. He sold the company to Verisign in 1999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thawte
I understand that your schtick is a kind of know-nothingness, but you
really ought to make some attempt to know what the hell you're talking
about.
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