[plug] Article: Gates gives $100m to fight HIV, $421m to fight Linux

[Leon Brooks]

On Thursday 14 November 2002 05:16 pm, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
> "Billg's personal $100 million goes to health initiatives over ten years,
> while $421 million of Microsoft's money goes, over a mere three years, to
> support MS-friendly development and 'educational' initiatives."

> Not sure whether to be pleased about Billg's concerns about Linux, or
> concerned that the funds are being drawn from more needy causes.

If he were to spend those hundreds of millions on educating and assisting 
people to adopt healthier lifestyles and self-sustaining farming systems, 
AIDS would not be an issue for India, and nor would starvation.

Instead BillG spends money on finding cures for AIDS (which is almost a 
symptom rather than a disease in many cases; that may sound sad but it means 
that it can be avoided) and fighting cures for Windows.

Cheers; Leon