Bill - if you drill some more - you will see that the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has given away computers, ms o/s's and office suites and compilers to India this year, to the tune of 12 million dollars worth o stuff. What is your 'personal feeling' about that one ? mondo regards [Bill] -- William Sanders / Electronic Filing Group Remove the DOT BOB to reply via email. FREE LONG DISTANCE -> mailto:excel-info .AT. efgroup .DOT net Free Satellite Receivers and installation -> http://www.vmcsatellite.com/?aid=58456 mySql / VFP / MS-SQL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Arnold" <billjarnold@msn.com> To: "ProFox Email List" <profox .AT. leafe .DOT com> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 2:32 PM Subject: [OT] Bill Gates
> > > http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0925/p01s04-woaf.html reports: > > "Andrew Carnegie once wrote that to die rich was to die in disgrace. > Like the 19th-century Pennsylvania steel magnate, Microsoft founder Bill > Gates seems determined not to let that happen. > > Mr. Gates has promised to give away 95 percent of his personal fortune, > currently valued at $46 billion. He has already endowed the Bill and > Melinda Gates Foundation, created to help fight disease and improve > education worldwide, with $24 billion; since its inception in 2000, the > foundation has distributed more than $6.2 billion ..." [snip]
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