if he had no money he would have none to give

OS wars seem fairly trivial when compared to AIDS or starvation.

that said i am trying to move over to linux
but dangit windows is just so much easier (often)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf
> Of Howard Winter
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 23:00
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: RE: [OT]: that filesystem royalty problem again
> 
> 
> Jake,
> 
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:57:20 +1000, Jake Anderson wrote:
> 
> > not to defend his business practices but I know of no other 
> single person
> > who has done more to help humanity.
> > he is personally matching the entire UN funding on aids, that to me is
> > pretty hard to argue with.
> 
> I shall argue with it - he has more money than the UN (and in 
> fact more than quite a few countries!).  The 
> amount he gives away (tax-deductable of course) is a pittance 
> compared to what he already has, and continues 
> to earn.  And notice that he doesn't exactly keep it a secret - 
> it produces just the reaction you've given 
> above:  "He may be a carnivorous businessman but he does give to 
> charity" is pretty good marketing!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
> 
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