Guest cloricus Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Bill Gates just gave a big donation to some organisation to help children in 3rd world countries, now do get me wrong that?s a great thing. But has any one noticed this will be the third year in a row he will be in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest donation. Is it just me or dose any one else see that link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidane11 Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 He probaly doesn't care that much about them. If I was that rich I'd be doing it too. He might just be trying to advertise or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harlequin Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 It's a publicity stunt. Besides, such donations are tax deductible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 He never used to give money away before me married his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sui Generis Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 I think Harlequin is right, its just a big publicity stunt to make him look caring and a trustworthy guy (Polititcs) and heck some taxes get deducted at the same time....Well I'll be damned...sounds like a win win situation to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 lol Bill Gates trustworthy - that'll be the day! (In my opinion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sui Generis Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Heh tell me about it...if he could he would prolly steal us all blind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 lol yer *[I]looking at the amount of spyware in xp...[/I] (In my opinion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harlequin Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Exactly cloricus, he already has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 *[I]Cloricus gose and hugs Tux![/I] What would we do with out open source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Him... donation.... record book.... O.o;; I seriously doubt that Bill Gates cares "too" much about the third world children, he probably wants to be in the record book, or it has something to do with advertising..... or something... :drunk: Don't get me wrong, but I don't exactly know a great deal about Bill Gates, but I've read a fair bit about him, and this is just on my impression.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 i dont know, i think bill gates just like anyone else cares about people when he gets a dose of reality. i dont think he concearns himself with charity all the time, cause he doesnt really care. but, he has too in some ways. i am ashamed of him actually. he stood up to the goverment all that time and now the sec jesse jackson threatens him, he just gives in. for those that dont know, jesse jackson threatens companys of boycotts on a basis of labeling the person/company a racist. just ask toyota or coors or .... bill gates. if you can go read the book out now all about jesse called shake down. it will make you sick. bill is the richest, he should donate the most, he should put exstortionist in their place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harlequin Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Hmmm. Bill Gates didn't just but that bastard off? Very much surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Let's face it--Bill Gates should buy a country, pump a crap load of money into it, and take over the world. And if people don't like his ideas, he can use his Programming power to shut down all Computers in the world, and then we'll all be screwed. End of Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkM Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Bill Gates seems to be a good guy. He donates tonsand tons of money every year to people,buissness,and familysthe are in need of suplys and money. Did you know he is planning to give away practly all his money! He isn't giving one penny to his kids! Its actaully a good thing so they wont turn out being brats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryo Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 Bill Gates is a cool guy. I mean without him we would'nt be doing this right now. If I were him I would be doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sacred Warrior [/i] [B]Bill Gates is a cool guy. I mean without him we would'nt be doing this right now. If I were him I would be doing the same. [/B][/QUOTE] [color=royalblue]Without him, we'd probably have [i]much[/i] more reliable Operating Systems -- and we'd probably have some kind of variety, rather than only having one major OS. Bill Gates isn't really the genius that many say -- Windows is based heavily on IBM's old visual OS (which was the world's first visual OS, by the way). Gates pretty much duplicated IBM's setup and then ran them out of the market. Gates is a ruthless businessman, I'll give him that. But he's no creative genius.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Faye Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 Hmm.... Gates giving to charity? I really can't say if this is a stunt of some kind, or maybe he really did it because he wanted to. yeah, yeah, you're all rolling your eyes thinking *Bill gates would NEVER do this because he wanted to, he did it for some publicity or something.* Well, don't know. I mean, all you see from famous people is just one part of their life- who knows, maybe he really did do it on his own. Weireder things have happened. On a side note, Madonna is the most giving to charity. Now i'm not sure if she's the most giving in the MUSIC business, or what, but my music teacher said she's the most giving to charity. and Michael Jackson comes in second. You'd NEVER think those two gave that much to charity, would you? and please, don't flame me for this post, it's just what I think. You don't have to agree with me, just don't flame me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoTranzrig Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 [COLOR=darkblue]What I don't understand is why he gives it away to 3rd world countries and not concentrate on the U.S. problems first...I still see beggars and panhandlers on the city streets...[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char! Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by RicoTranzrig [/i] [B][COLOR=darkblue]What I don't understand is why he gives it away to 3rd world countries and not concentrate on the U.S. problems first...I still see beggars and panhandlers on the city streets...[/COLOR] [/B][/QUOTE] That's because people like to see rich guys give money to the stereotyped countries of dirty, sad little children who go through dumps to find a reason to live one more day, rather than a country like the U.S. who seems to be doing pretty well. Like the others say, he's only out for the adoration of the people and money. Lots and lots of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyGirl Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Squashed Snail [/i] [B]Him... donation.... record book.... O.o;; I seriously doubt that Bill Gates cares "too" much about the third world children, he probably wants to be in the record book.[/B][/QUOTE] [color=deeppink]What if he just wants to feel helpful and fulfilled? Not everyone with money is cold-hearted...[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cloricus Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Wow, wow James give apple some credit. They where the first to have GUI. And the first to have a mouse. And 3.10 was based on OS2 - wich failed becouse 3.10 took off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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