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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
Posted by: Smithy (Wednesday 28 January 2004, 12:58 AM)
David Hallowell : "Bill Gates' charity contributions were not the reason for his knighthood, it's good that he makes these donations "
I will just refer you to the official Number 10 Downing Street announcement at :
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page5242.asp
I quote from the Prime Minister's official annoucement :
"In 2000 the Gates Foundation announced the single biggest international educational scholarship programme ever established in the United Kingdom. With an estimated worth of US$210 million, it allows 230 students to study at Cambridge University. In addition, his international development work makes the Gates Foundation one of the leading philanthropic organisations of the modern age."
Gates' tremendous charity work is one of the reasons (if not the main reason) that he is being honoured. Period.
As for your comment that its only a small part of his waelth he is giving out.... well you are wrong on that one too actually.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now endowed with to the tune of a staggering $25 Billion from Bill Gates, making him the greatest philantrophist in the history of mankind.
This is especially inpressive given that he is now left with only $55 Billion according to Forbes magazine.
Also Bill has stated over and over again that 99% of his money is going to go to charity.
No one, but no one even comes close to this guy in the amount of good he is doing and will do in his life time!!
BTW, having lived in Britain for a very long time, I don't quite recall any of the billionaires in Britian even coming close to doing what Bill Gates has done for the poor and needy, and tyo cure and prevent diseases for the poor, not even in Britain, not to talk of in Africa or any other poor countries!
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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
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