owl wrote:
> DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> owl wrote:
>>> DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Forget about illegal business practises, corruption of standards
>>>>> bodies, misuses, abuse, deception, illegal contracts, technical,
>>>>> sabotage, and antitrust. There is outright fraud going on at
>>>>> Microsoft, e.g.:
>>>>
>>>> You want fraud? Look at the FSF and some Linux distro vendors who
>>>> register as non-profits so they can play around with crappy hobby
>>>> software all day, create lame anti-MS\Vista sites, and evade taxes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ... vs. Gates Foundation.
>>
>> Who donates hundreds of millions to developing countries, and in one year
>> does more good for the world than free/open source crapware could ever do
>> in one hundred years.
>>
>>
> Good works mean nothing if they countered to excess by evil.
>
>
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,6827615.story?coll=la-home-headlines
>
> <quote>
>
> The Gates Foundation has poured $218 million into polio and measles
> immunization and research worldwide, including in the Niger Delta. At the
> same time that the foundation is funding inoculations to protect health,
> The Times found, it has invested $423 million in Eni, Royal Dutch Shell,
> Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and Total of France ??? the companies
> responsible for most of the flares blanketing the delta with pollution,
> beyond anything permitted in the United States or Europe.
>
> </quote>
And not forgetting that he gave 100million USD to fight AIDS in India, but
*also* funded 421million USD to fight Linux being adopted in India.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/13/gates_gives_100m_to_fight/
Now where do you think his priorities lie. Oh, yes. We know how "generous"
Gates is.
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