[Am-info] World's richest man tries to hold back 'gathering tempest' with 63m gift

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.11.12 10:17 PM, Paul Rickard typed: ============

>   I will believe this when he cuts some charity a check for $42,500,000.


     $42,500,000,000 rather. Geez. (4.25)10^10 not (4.25)10^7.



======== Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign =======
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  "Instead of worrying about whether or not the government will stop
   Microsoft from innovating in the future, the head honchos in Redmond
   ought to spend some energy trying to figure out what force has
   prevented them from innovating over the past decade."
       -InfoWorld Editor Nicholas Petreley - December 20, 1999