[Am-info] Newsweek Cover: Bill & Melinda Gates Charitable Foundation

[Marcus de Geus]

In reply to a message from Raphael Fleishman <raphaelf@cmgm.stanford.edu>
dated 2002-01-31 14:23:08 -0800 (Thu):

> This is a clear signal of Bill Gates' willingness to stoop to new
> lows to avoid paying the price for illegally squashing competition
> and hurting US consumers.

Raphael,

Please consider dropping the 'US'. The world doesn't stop at the beach, you
know.

And on an even more serious note, how about replacing 'consumers' with
'people'? I don't consider myself a (PC) consumer, yet the fact that public
and industrial services are becoming increasingly unreliable and more
expensive to maintain as a result of their dependence on Windows software
makes me a victim of the Gates monopoly.

Regards,

Marcus de Geus
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