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Wake up Bill,
If you made your software affordable, you would have little or no piracy.
Why should hardware manufacturers bite the bullet and and offer a $100 PC, when you refuse to do the same?
by jardinier
is an enigmatic character. On the one hand he is a genius, both for his technical knowledge and marketing skills.
But then again he could be seen to be a megalomaniac, motived solely by his desire to dominate the software market.
Then there is the altruistic side to his character. I guess you all know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest privately run charity in the world.
It just so happens that my cousin, Gus Nossal -- one of the most acclaimed research scientists in Australia -- is currently devoting all his time and energy to the Gates' program to immunise children in poor countries. (Gus's specialty is immunology).
And Gus has told me that Gates is on record as saying that he intends ultimately to give all (well a lot -- who knows) of his money to charity.
Apart from the immunisation program, he (well that is to say Microsoft -- I presume Gates does not make all the decisions on his own) has fairly recently started a program which allows charities which supply refurbished computers to people who otherwise could not afford to own one, to use Windows 98 SE and Office 97 software at no charge whatsoever.
Like I said -- he is an enigmatic figure.
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