** Reply to message from penelope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 13 Nov 2002
18:01:22 -0500 (EST)
> While I have never been a Bill Gates or M$ devotee, I do admire
> the foundation and the work it does -- which truly is a
> humanitarian effort. They have made great inroads into inocula-
> tion programs for children. They also run the foundation like a
> business -- thereby gutting the bloated "administrative costs"
> that seem to gobble up the lions' share of other so-called
> charities. As a 30-year computer veteran, 22 of 'em as a UNIX
> snob, I indeed regard M$ as the Evil Empire -- but smart is
> smart -- and I admit respect for the Bill and Melinda Gates
> Foundation and its work.
No argument. But I can't get over the dichotomy/duplicity.
Bill on the phone in the den: "Yes, sir. $400 million over 3 years. It's
your's. We
need to beat AIDS and I'm just doing my part."
Next phone call: "Hey, Steve. See my play in New Delhi? Those linux bastards
will
never be able to horn in now."
I couldn't live like that. Which is probably why I don't have 40B in the bank,
too.
jb
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