See also: File: Bill Gates
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
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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:
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His Wealth
| Over 80 billion dollars!?? He keeps topping
Forbes list of The World's Richest People. See:
Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock
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His house
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[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 ...
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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 |
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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.
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Microsoft and the DOJ
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Books
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- 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.
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Gates Humor
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There are lot's of lists of these -
We have some here, but also check
Ultimate Gates,
Yamoo and
yahoo
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Pie in the face
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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
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How to contact Bill Gates:
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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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