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- Oinkie, on 02/01/2009, -8/+76Bill > Steve
- AboveandBeyond, on 02/01/2009, -5/+48Steve Jobs could learn a thing or two from the great master.
- Auraness, on 02/01/2009, -2/+45A sure sign that this man will be remembered for his work in philanthropy, not computers.
- Ajjah, on 02/01/2009, -2/+40I love how the guy no longer cares that he is not "The Richest Man" anymore. He's doing so much good in this world, and that seems to be all that matters.
- DarkCloud515, on 02/01/2009, -0/+34This has always been my goal in life. Make so much money so I can just do the ***** I know is right. Plain and simple.
Nice to know it's possible. - frontaxle, on 02/01/2009, -3/+32It feels good knowing the Big Boys are giving back to those that need it. Thanks Bill and Melinda.
- twiztidsinz, on 02/01/2009, -2/+26or.. you know.. BOTH.
- duniyadnd, on 02/01/2009, -1/+14Sorry, Blind Apple fanboys not welcome to this thread.
- wpennb, on 02/01/2009, -3/+15Imagine if Bill funded a cure for Steve. There's an irony for the Mac fanbois to ponder.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -2/+11I hope this will inspire more rich people to give it more of their extra wealth to the needy.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -0/+9See, it's people like you who give fodder to internet libertarians.
I'd rather his money go to starving and diseased people than to Iraq or bankers. - DjOverEZ, on 02/01/2009, -5/+13Wow, you're an *****.
- guytoronto, on 02/01/2009, -0/+8Smart people push modern medicine forward. Idiots like Jenny McCarthy cause people to die needlessly.
- G001, on 02/01/2009, -0/+8Except the "loophole" deliberately exists in order to encourage charitable giving. Now if he was then using the foundation to spend the money on himself you'd have something. If the foundation is spending the money on worthy causes then the system is working as intended.
- DjOverEZ, on 02/01/2009, -3/+11Kill yourself.
- duniyadnd, on 02/01/2009, -0/+6Here's a little bit about how Grant money works. When a foundation gives Grant money, it's usually very specific in what area that money goes to. For instance, it can only be research, or development, or expansion of a product.
Also, the Grant money initiated by B&MGF leads to other companies giving in more $$$ to help it work. Treat the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation the Google for IT hires. Once you get a job at Google as an engineer, you can pretty much guarantee that you can find a job elsewhere because of all the research and resources Google puts in to see if you can fit in their system. Similarly, you get a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, you go through an entire process if you will use that money properly and efficiently. Once that door opens up, tons of other Foundations feel more comfortable giving you money.
Besides, when we're looking at diseases worldwide, the dollar goes a much longer way than it does in the US/Europe. - MiddleOfNowhere, on 02/01/2009, -0/+6And you want to wait until you are stinkin' rich before you do "the ***** you know is right"?
Why?
I give a certain amount of my revenue each year to causes that are relevant to me.
I'm a freelancer, so the little I'm giving will neither save the planet nor a single species.
But if a bus should hit me tomorrow, at least I have done something.
It's not hard. A few beers and cappuccinos less. Almost everyone can do that. - astrixx, on 02/01/2009, -3/+9I love you Bill!
- nullcodes, on 02/01/2009, -0/+5Your malthusian thinking is flat out wrong, the same way it was wrong when it was peddled 200 years ago.
Eliminating the disease burden, many of which cause lethargy or require caretakers and affect primary workers, will enable more productive and educated societies over there.
It's natural for human beings to try to use our intelligence to help each and live longer. What's unnatural about that, it's a behavioral feature built in to us. We have evolved or been given or whatever eusocial behavioral characteristics. Just because some types of fish eat each other doesn't mean we should do the same. When it's convenient for you I'm sure you'll point at bees saying how natural it is to work for the species. But at other times you'll point at spiders and say how it's every person for himself .. the natural way!
- rotundo, on 02/01/2009, -0/+5Inaccurate -- as far as I've read malaria was never a problem in North America and White European countries. It's a tropical disease.
Also, while DDT might have been been helpful in battling malaria, it is not a cure. Even if DDT was still in use, malaria treatments and cures would still be valuable avenues of research.
In any case, I'm thankful for Bill & Melinda's efforts. - daonlyfreez, on 02/01/2009, -5/+10This is not about Microsoft, and this is not about MS vs. Apple or vs. Linux. I know you are only thinking along those lines, but it has nothing to do with the issue.
Educate yourself a bit (or atleast try) on what the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation actually *does*.
PS: I'm a Windows, Mac and Linux user. I use the best tool for the job. I'm not biased. - harlowsmonkeys, on 02/01/2009, -0/+3The science behind banning DDT was sound, not junk.
- sirbeta, on 02/01/2009, -0/+4I don't think it would phase anyone much except those who think it's deliciously ironic. The founder of PITA knowingly relies on insulin that was created from animal testing and they just push it aside as "Doing what it takes"
- zyko, on 02/01/2009, -0/+4"The septet includes ascariasis (roundworm), hookworm, lymphatic filariasis (worm), onchocerciasis (worm), schistosomiasis (fluke), trachoma (bacterium), and trichuriasis (whipworm). "
Interestingly, both hookworm and whipworm are being studied/used for autoimmune disease treatment for asthma, MS, Crohns, etc. People in 3rd world locations don't seem to have allergies, asthma or other common autoimmune related diseases that have become an epidemic in modern society. Maybe our immune systems need some conflict to stay normalized. - inactive, on 02/01/2009, -1/+5How about making posts that make sense?
- PhillyOC, on 02/01/2009, -4/+8God bless Bill and Melinda. They are real heroes.
- ilifecomputer, on 02/01/2009, -2/+6This is why I am an apple user who has nothing bad to say about microsoft. In fact, Bill's philanthropy makes me really excited about the next great version of windows (that I'll pay for).
- dofe, on 02/01/2009, -1/+5Not sure why you're getting dug down. Seems like a few people don't have their sarcasm radar on today ...
- buddypriefert, on 02/01/2009, -0/+3I bet this makes you feel better about computers in general:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 - Sogui, on 02/01/2009, -0/+3It's interesting how many factions Digg has, I got buried this morning for posting this in a reply in the MS is Intel's Anti-Linux... the comment in the quotes is what I was replying to:
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"The charity could very well just be a publicity tactic to keep Bill Gates in good standing in the minds of his customers and detractors at the same time."
I think you and everyone who dugg you up on this just shows how bitter and completely out of touch Linux users are. Probably the same guys who harassed that "drop out girl" on her facebook because she was giving Linux as "bad rap" when in fact Linux users making asses of themselves on the internet was the real story at the end of the day.
Bill Gates and his Foundation have saved more lives and will do more good for the world than you could ever fathom. Bill Gates could send in a black ops team to every anti-Microsoft household in the US tomorrow and gun them all down and he still would have a net positive impact on the world.
To say that Bill Gate's foundation, which is almost completely cut off from MSFT, is simply a marketing scheme just shows how completely out of touch you all are and how you're willing to believe anything you read from blatantly anti-Microsoft blog.
(But it's on the internet and it was written by two heavily Pro-Linux bloggers so it must be true, especially the part where they post classified internal emails from Microsoft!)
Gates is putting almost his entire personal fortune into the foundation and if you think that for the 1-2 good pieces of publicity he gets every year people say, "Hey Gates used to work at Microsoft, he seems like a good guy, I think I'll go buy Word 2007 now". Read his interviews, learn about his work, he is probably the greatest philanthropist to have ever lived and during all of this he doesn't say a peep about Microsoft or Windows. There is probably some positive kickback for Microsoft from Gate's philanthropy, but worth nowhere the billions he puts into it. Nowhere near what they could've spent it on for R&D, marketing, and other capital projects.
Of course I will be buried for this because this place is swarming with the kind of people who digg stories not on their merit or accuracy, but because if they can find a single website on the internet that reinforces their marginal opinion they'll use it to shove it down everyone else's throat. (Dont worry there are a lot of parties guilty of that) - G001, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4Here's the thing, though: People are complex. You don't have to make someone into an angel or a demon, capable of only good or only evil. You should be perfectly capable of saying "I don't like Bill Gates the businessman, but I admire Bill Gates the philanthropist." This is regardless of the merits of that article or the lack thereof. By all accounts his foundation is doing great things, and he's very hands-on in making sure the things they decide to do are going to be effective. That should be able to coexist in your mind with any business decisions of his that you may hate.
- Ymeg, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4How is this propaganda?
You are stupid. - MiddleOfNowhere, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4"Waaah! These people are saving other people's butts, but they are not doing it MY WAY, so they are evil monopolists! Hang them higher!"
Stating the obvious, but yeah: You're a conformist, whining *****. Crawl back into your hole with all the other basement world saviors.
As far as I'm concerned: I'm no Microsoft fan, I wouldn't even want to be near Bill & Co.
But it's not hard to see the man is doing something while others TALK. - dustinbolton, on 02/01/2009, -0/+3That's 2.4 cents per person if my math is right... Not so impressive now.
- inactive, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4Cash not spent is cash wasted, in a sense. I agree.
- PhillyOC, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4That has already been debunked as a total fabrication. Get with the program already, and stop spamming the threads with that *****.
- twiztidsinz, on 02/01/2009, -1/+4Another? This is the first I've seen in a while.
Granted, I don't troll digg as much as you do. - Napiertt, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2There are so many experts on Digg. It's amazing!
/s - buddypriefert, on 02/01/2009, -1/+3True, but I'd like to think that money is not the gauge of how well we can do for others.
It's not so much where you end up, as it is how far you have come. - Metasquares, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2Cancer still kills 1 in 7.
- buddypriefert, on 02/01/2009, -4/+6Makes me feel better about my PC. :)
- phrenzy, on 02/01/2009, -1/+3Good for him. No two ways about it, the man is trying to do good.
I use a mac, and respect Bill Gates. Its not impossible. - inactive, on 02/01/2009, -1/+3Don't you mean, "Abort yourself"
- DarkCloud515, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2Of course not. I have a small group of friends and a huge audience of acquaintances. But there's always a limit on what you can do. Having the means to help a huge population in "west-bubble *****" takes deep pockets. Because even in politics do you have many limits.
- Yamoth, on 02/02/2009, -0/+2Except you are forgetting about the part where he donated a whole lot more than what needed to cover his tax.
- squeamish, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2>People in 3rd world locations don't seem to have allergies, asthma or other common autoimmune related diseases that have become an epidemic in modern society.
because anyone with any sort of abnormality like that just dies instead of becoming a health statistic. Notice they don't have a lot of people on dialysis or with problems stemming from breast enlargements, either. - CogitatorX, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2Excuse me but it's the Stephen & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- linagee, on 02/02/2009, -0/+2kungphukenobi: I guess we should worry about people overseas before homeless people in the streets in the US.
You should worry about your own before you worry about others. Otherwise, you might as well send me your paycheck every month instead of paying your bills with it. - linagee, on 02/01/2009, -0/+2When will Bill Gates start paying for my health care? Or do they care about people overseas more?
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