[Am-info] AIDS in Africa

[John Poltorak]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:48:39AM -0600, Eric M. Hopper wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 12:12:15PM -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

> I read an article about Gates' philanthropic efforts.  He's approaching
> them in classic Gates style, holding organizations accountable for
> results, stomping on toes, and generally rampaging about in a highly
> focused effort to achieve a goal.  I don't have a lot of doubt that he's
> actually devoting real personal effort towards achieving the goals of
> his foundation.

I, too, could afford to run some sort of benevolent foundation if I had 
stolen billions of dollars from people. 

Make no mistake, the Gates Foundation is built on ill-gotten gains which 
Microsoft has built up over the last ten years since it got away with the 
illegal 'per processor' licensing agreement which established Windows in 
the first place.


> -- 
> "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
> It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."  --- Thomas Jefferson
> "Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."  -- Mark Twain
> -- Eric Hopper (hopper@omnifarious.org  http://www.omnifarious.org/~hopper) --



-- 
John