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Re: Here's some mo' money, Bill!

  • Subject: Re: Here's some mo' money, Bill!
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:52:06 +0100
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__/ [ Da'Punk-A ] on Sunday 25 June 2006 22:50 \__

> billwg wrote:
>> "Brace yourself," billionaire Warren Buffett warned with a grin during
>> an interview with Fortune magazine. He then described a momentous change
>> in his thinking. Within months, he said, he would begin to give away his
>> Berkshire Hathaway fortune, worth well over $40 billion. Most of it is
>> going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he said.
>>
>> Well he gave it to the right guy!
> 
> Hmm.  Giving it to the needy, I see.  Not that Gates needs money.  But
> he needs something.
> 
> I would suggest a good kicking would be more appropriate.

,----[ Quote ]
| But Greig today characterised the Microsoft's community welfare
| contributions as tainted charity.
| 
| According to Greig, the software tycoon's global philanthropy exercises
| carry a hidden agenda to persuade beneficiary governments to reverse
| policies promoting the use of open source software. 
`----

        http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39151789,00.htm

Best wishes,

Roy

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