--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > Interesting thing to say about Gates. His stated goal in > life > > > > > > for several decades was to become the richest man in the > > > world... > > > > > > > > > > He has said publicly that before he dies, he wants to > > > > > give away 96 percent of his fortune. > > > > > > > > > > It's not impossible that's *why* he wanted to become the > > > > > richest man in the world: so he could give most of it > > > > > away. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, but his behavior in the business world was NOT that of > > > someone who had an ounce > > > > of altruism. He made very few charity-oriented remarks until > afer > > > he got married. And his > > > > most famous comment about charities before he got married was > that > > > he was going to > > > > wait until he was 65 and retired before he started worrying > about > > > that kind of thing. > > > > > > Makes sense, if you think about it. By that time, any > > > money he had invested instead of giving it to charity > > > would have doubled or tripled. Now he's retiring, > > > apparently, and it seems that what he's going to be > > > doing for the rest of his life is figuring out where > > > best to give his money away. > > > > > > > Perhaps you're correct, but I can't help recalling the time that > Microsoft sent out a press > > release proudly touting the millions of dollars of computer > equipment they had donated to > > public schools, all of which required the WIndows OS to operate... > > > > > What I find impressive is the fact that Microsoft never paid a cent > to any political party or lobbyist until Janet Reno handed down that > indictment against them for being a monopoly...then, of course, > Microsoft DID start playing the political game, just like everyone > else... >
Don't forget the ultimate in technological scorched earth/poison pill strategies, AKA "WIndows XP," which was designed to require thousands of programmers, in a highly coordinated way, to maintain and/or modify. "Nobody is going to be able to split US up, nosiree..." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
