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In the new Cato Policy Analysis "Microsoft Redux: Anatomy of a Baseless Lawsuit", Robert A. Levy examines the twisted reasoning behind the Justice Department's case against Microsoft. Or is this just another way the government wastes 30-60 million dollars as a way to scare companies into making campaign contributions (bribes) to politicians?

The "official" September 16, 1999 Announcment - New 1 billion dollar "Millennium Scholars Program" from Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill Gates' New Rules, Time Magazine, March 22, 1999
Exerpt from: In Business @ the Speed of Thought, by Bill Gates [amazon]

About Bill William H. (Bill) Gates - Chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. Born October 28, 1955 He is reported to be the richest private individual in the World with a net worth of over 50 billion dollars. He dropped out of Harvard to pursue a career in software... Married Melinda French (was a Product Manager at Microsoft) on January 1, 1994 in Hawaii. First child, Jennifer Katherine, was born on April 26, 1996. For more see:
His Wealth Over 80 billion dollars!?? He keeps topping Forbes list of The World's Richest People. See: Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock
His house
[photo credit] On the shores of Lake Washington. Costing $64 million (or is it $53 million?) and 66,000 square feet. weather check ... originally spun as an "ecology house". An interview with Bill's Gatekeeper ...
phi·lan·thro·py
Date: circa 1623
1 : goodwill to fellowmen; especially : active effort to promote human welfare
2 a : a philanthropic act or gift b : an organization distributing or supported by philanthropic funds
- Webster

A Billion-Dollar Gift ...
Press Release: September 16, 1999
Bill and Melinda Gates Announce New Millennium Scholars Program to Bridge the Gap in Access to Higher Education

``It's sent a lot of hope into a lot of people who didn't have it before,'' said McBride, whose mother is a teacher and father drives a bus. ``It's put a lot of hope into me, because one of the colleges I would like to go to is the University of the Pacific. The education is wonderful, but it's very expensive.'' - Gates to Donate $1B for Minorities By Arlene Levinson, AP National Writer, Friday, September 17, 1999
`Hope in his face' -- aspirations rise with news of Gates scholarships

Gates Doubles Assets of William H. Gates Foundation, Bringing Value to $10-Billion [The Chronicle of Philanthropy, June 2, 1999 - the only danger is that he lets these people scare him and only gives to libraries

If they want to put in the consent decree that I'm going to give away 95% of my wealth, I'd be glad to sign that. --An Interview with Gates, Fortune, June 8, 1998

Gates has said he intends to give 90 percent of his wealth away while he is still alive, but right now he is busy building Microsoft. --Washington Post, November 16, 1997

This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: first, to set an example of modest unostentatious living, shunning display; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds which he is strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community. --Andrew Carnegie from The Gospel of Wealth

Along the way I'll tell how Bill Gates could be a true Andrew Carnegie if he put his mind to it. Schools and libraries need powerful friends and real money--not just much-ballyhooed grants that are minuscule in the grand scheme of things. --David Rothman, at NetWorld! Versus Bill Gates' $2.5-Million Road Ahead [Book at Amazon Books]

Imagine if Bill Gates were a Muslim and gave Zakat (the 3rd pillar of Islam). This would require him to give away 2.5% (over 1 billion dollars) of his fortune each year.

Microsoft and the DOJ

M$ fish eating up all the little companies

Books
  • The Secret Diary of Bill Gates, by Bill G., Matthew Lombardi [@amazon.com]
  • All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft, by Julie Bick, July 1997 [@amazon.com]
  • Overdrive : Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace - by James Wallace, John Wiley & Sons, 1997 [@amazon.com]
  • Bill's book, The Road Ahead, - @amazon.com.
Gates Humor There are lot's of lists of these - We have some here, but also check Ultimate Gates, Yamoo and yahoo
Pie in the face

On February 4, 1998 Bill Gates received a pie in the face as he entered a meeting hosted by Flemish Minister and President Van den Brande. Gates responded mildly saying the pie, "just wasn't that good." [source] photos/ yahoo Says Noel Godin, "This man told us he really loved Bill Gates in the past, saying that he was very cool and passionate. But little by little he considered that his power had tainted him, and that he was becoming more and more haughty with his own collaborators. So the man who gave us the information considered, and he's not alone, that it wouldn't be bad to teach Bill a lesson, to bring him back to reality. That's how he explained to us why he was doing it. He's far from being a member of our band, he's not an anarchist and he likes his work with Microsoft, but he thought it had to happen." See: Let's Pie! Let's Pie! - an interview with Noel Godin, TIME Digital, June 16, 1998
How to contact Bill Gates: The The Bill Gates FAQ says to try billg@microsoft.com or askbill@microsoft.com. The address for Microsoft Corporation is One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 [Source: biz.yahoo]

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