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- Cojafoji, on 12/19/2008, -3/+23I work at a library managing the tech. The gates foundation is invaluable. Dugg for the fact that the Gate's Foundation is pure awesome.
Also, I don't see Steve Jobs doing anything like this... - rynsa, on 12/19/2008, -3/+15This a shame. Not for what it says about Bill and Melinda Gates, but for what it says about our country's abandonment of the commons. You know you're ***** when private industry has to step in to supplant poor or non-existent public policy.
- CaptCarrot, on 12/19/2008, -4/+14I 'heart' Bill Gates!
- bytor4232, on 12/19/2008, -3/+8Say what you want about Microsoft and their products, but BillG is a great philanthropist.
- inactive, on 12/20/2008, -1/+5Instead he gives them free versions of his own vastly more user-friendly software which most people know how to use already thus saving them even more than what open source would
- Autodidaddict, on 12/19/2008, -1/+5Microsoft is different than the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Which has been known to provide grants for programs and organizations that try to make laptops more accessible (although to children in developing nations, not necessarily homeless people).
bishvili's original comment is still pretty asinine, but so is yours. - Aleut, on 12/19/2008, -2/+6From my experience 90% of library bandwidth is eaten up by high school kids watching stupid videos on Youtube and visiting their friends' bandwidth devouring MySpace pages. There was a period where I was relying on library bandwidth to do actual work (when the startup I work for was without an office) and it was unbelievably painful. I was really wishing that they would charge users by the megabyte.
- pyrobaby, on 12/20/2008, -1/+4This is why I can't hate on Microsoft too much, even though the company has done some ***** things, and until I figured out how to turn off the damn UAC in Vista I was ready to throw my laptop out the window. I really appreciate when crazy-rich people like Gates use that money to actually help people.
- Ymeg, on 12/19/2008, -1/+4"particularly"
- inactive, on 12/20/2008, -0/+3No it's not important, since he's giving it for free
- MrGiblets, on 12/19/2008, -2/+5The Stephen and Melinda Gates Foundation does great work.
- Logrusmage, on 12/20/2008, -1/+2Bully. The private sector has ALWAYS done charity thousands of times better than the government.
*****,. the private sector does EVERYTHING but public goods better than the public sector. Thats why they'
re called 'public' goods <_< - lovemorgul, on 12/19/2008, -5/+6That makes free Internet access particularly important for low-income people.
- Azerael, on 12/20/2008, -1/+2Steve Jobs is a wanker.
- rynsa, on 12/20/2008, -1/+1Really? How's the private sector doing on Wall Street these days? If I remember correctly, the American people just offered up a charitable donation to the finance industry to the tune of $840 billion. I pay taxes, so that's my money! Why don't I get a post on digg lauding my generosity?!
I don't know which United States of America you're living in, Mr. Logrusmage, but it's definitely not the same place I'm talking about. Our country was founded on plurality, as in "We the people..." What's so 'we' about the private sector? Even their thuggish corporations are legally defined as living, individual persons (I'm not exaggerating here).
Keep in mind, this discussion is in reference to the American library system, a 'we' institution if ever there was one. Why, then, must we rely on the charitable contributions of capitalist robber barons to keep it alive. Dependency on private money is feudalism; we're like serfs begging for scraps from the aristocracy.
I'm from the old school, I guess. We left British tea in Boston harbors, we damn well better expect that our libraries are fully funded and up-to-date!
So, bully right back at 'cha, brother!! - oleka, on 12/20/2008, -1/+1I disagree. Lock-in in IT solutions always seeds later interoperability problems.
Since it seems to be a Microsoft driven solution there's not much real charity for me, sorry.
They say there's no such thing as a free dinner. - inactive, on 12/19/2008, -3/+2I could eat Bill Gates all up, mmhmmm!
- madwaxer, on 12/20/2008, -2/+1sounds like they are on a rampage to spread windows for 'free' advertising. while most developing nations are waking up to unix systems as a cheep stable solution to the viral problems. not to mention avoiding anti-virus costs.
Price? Free! - mnemy, on 12/19/2008, -3/+2That's awesome. Gates' dream was for every family to have a computer. And even in retirement he's still trying to give access to everyone he possibly can. The M$ corporation has done plenty of A-Hole things, but at least Gates has outgrown that stuff and is genuinely trying to make the world a better place. Kudos.
- Autodidaddict, on 12/19/2008, -6/+3Only poor people go to libraries?
I'm at a library on their Internet right now using my laptop. I'm not poor. - inactive, on 12/19/2008, -13/+10maybe they should give all homeless people a laptop so other people could use library computers too
- Nephersir7, on 12/19/2008, -5/+1They make software and internet services, not laptops
- oleka, on 12/19/2008, -5/+1Which technology will be implemented there ? Proprietary or Non-proprietary one ?
That's very important question. - OBKenobi, on 12/19/2008, -7/+2Gates should help them switch over to open-source to reduce costs.
- Fragnarg, on 12/19/2008, -7/+1well then
- MacParrot, on 12/19/2008, -11/+2Can we just for once leave Apple and/or Jobs out of a post talking about the Gates Foundation? They do great work and should be appreciated on their own merits without being compared to someone or something that you have no clue over how much they themselves give in charity.
- inactive, on 12/19/2008, -12/+0I just ate a bunch of Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper and now I'm feeling kind of ill.
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