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Re: Why Schestowitz, et al, hate Gates

"Tim Smith" <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:reply_in_group-F9F828.20031427062008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Gates, quoted in an article on his retirement from MS in this week's
> Newsweek:
>
>   In terms of controversy, this whole thing about which operating
>   system somebody uses is a pretty silly, limited thing, compared to
>   starvation and death.
>
> -- 
> --Tim Smith


Even "real" Linux proponents and activists (not the rabid COLA zealots) 
have praised Gates for the work his foundation does. Just this week Mitch 
Kapor and Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols had the intellectual honesty to 
acknowledge the work of the foundation.

Only the mentally limited morons like Roy Schestowitz, Liarnut and 
[H]ypocrite continue to whine about some nonsense of how Gates is using 
this to enrichen himself through "tax write-offs" which they cannot even 
begin to explain.


Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
http://blogs.computerworld.com/making_the_bill_gates_myth_grow
<quote>
(Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

Heck, much as I dislike Gates' actions as a CEO, he really is doing good 
with his Foundation -- thanks Melinda, I give you most of the credit for 
this sea-change -- and in the end maybe he'll end up doing more good than 
harm.
</quote>


Mitch Kapor
http://blog.kapor.com/?p=85
<quote>
(Mitch Kapor)
I have tremendous respect for what Bill and Melinda have chosen to do with 
the great wealth that Microsoft afforded. The Gates Foundation is tackling 
some huge challenges in global health with courage, innovation, and 
persistence, the same qualities which represented Microsoft at its best.

To judge from his speech at the 2008 World Economic Forum, Bill has begun 
to rethink some of his business philosophy, motivated by an interest 
reducing global inequality. "Creative capitalism takes this interest in the 
fortunes of others and ties it to our interest in our own fortunes in ways 
that help advance both."
</quote>



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