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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/22/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">T.L. Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:tlmiller@mac.com">tlmiller@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On 12/22/05, at 10:46 AM, William Scammell <a href="mailto:bill@wscd.biz">bill@wscd.biz</a> said:<br><br>>when you consider just how stupidly rich he is, the Bill & Melinda
<br>>Gates Foundation is an insult to the concept of philanthropy.<br><br>And when he donates computers and software, and he does, I wonder what<br>software is given preference?</blockquote>
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<div>One thing I liked about the Rockefeller's is that they dumped there excess cash into the environment. If it weren't for them and Roosevelt, Microsoft would have had call centers in the Yosemite and announced Longhorn from his office spanning the Grand Canyon.
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