Re: OT: Gates donations, etc.

2002-02-13 Thread Efraim Yawitz
On 12 Feb 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: Newsweek is owned by Washinton Post, and AFAIK Gates doesn't own or have a significant stake in any major old media organization. Why do I get redirected to www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp when I try to access www.newsweek.com?

Re: OT: Gates donations, etc.

2002-02-13 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Efraim Yawitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why do I get redirected to www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp when I try to access www.newsweek.com? Because that's where Newsweek's web site is hosted? Incidentally, Newsweek International is a much more interesting and quality publication (IMHO)

OT: Gates donations, etc.

2002-02-12 Thread Efraim Yawitz
This is a bit OT, but does anyone have any reactions to Bill Gates' recent donation of $24G to some kind of charity foundation (featured on the cover of Newsweek last week)? I'd appreciate an URL of some responses in the free software community. By the way, does the guy really own Time and

Re: OT: Gates donations, etc.

2002-02-12 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002, Efraim Yawitz wrote about OT: Gates donations, etc.: This is a bit OT, but does anyone have any reactions to Bill Gates' recent donation of $24G to some kind of charity foundation (featured on the cover of Newsweek last week)? I'd appreciate an URL of some responses

Re: OT: Gates donations, etc.

2002-02-12 Thread Uri Bruck
an alternative, they weren't sending out armies of installers with linux distros anywhere...) Thanks, Uri http://translation.israel.net On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Nadav Har'El wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2002, Efraim Yawitz wrote about OT: Gates donations, etc.: This is a bit OT, but does anyone have any