[Gllug] Gates, self proclaimed father of open-source

[Vincent AE Scott]

Jim Bailey(jim at lateral.net)@Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:37:52PM +0000:
> Hi all,
> 
> as a former charity and not for profit sector employee I can vouch that 
> there is a point where charity has very little to do with helping those in 
> need and everything to do with tax concessions and keeping up appearances.
>    For example Harrow Public School's rowing lake was built on charitable 
> donations and was actually a selling point in their prospectus for a while.

yeah, but Bill and Melinda(?) do give shed loads of cash to worthwhile
causes, and its not all in windows license tax write offs.  i do have a
level of respect for the man, as he doesnt take *every* opportunity to
let people know how much of a nice guy he really is.



> 
> Peace Jim
> 
> On Friday, November 9, 2001, at 12:56 PM, Gordon Joly wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> Don't forget that BG does a lot of work for chariddy. He just doesn't
> >> like to talk about it....
> >
> >
> > Sure. But how did he get to the points where his charity donations are 
> > measured in millions if not billions?
> >
> >
> 
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