[Rhodes22-list] Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Investments (Poltical)

[Bill Effros]

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Bill Effros

David Bradley wrote:
> The work they are doing at the foundation is incredible, and people
> underestimate how far they have to push the envelope on non-profit
> governance and organizational capability to manage an undertaking on this
> scale.  Imagine what this will be in five years...
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> Dave B.
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> On 1/8/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
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>> Microsoft bashing seems to be almost a sport nowadays but how many of 
>> the
>> arguments have any real substance.  Yes, I realize that 70% of the 
>> world's
>> largest websites use Linux, Apache and other open source software, 
>> but, I
>> still need a Windows PC for many of the applications related to my work.
>>
>> This LA Times article, which has been widely cited in the last day or 
>> so,
>> examines whether the purchase and use of Microsoft software products are
>> somehow good for the advancement of public health in poor countries, due
>> to
>> the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:
>>
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>> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,4205044,full.story 
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
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