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Subject:Re: The sky is starting to fall again From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:07:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > And seeing as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has now
> > reached 28 Billion dollars, what's the harm in that.
> >
> > How awful of him endowing all the money away.
>
> 1. He's a long way from endowing all the money away.
>
> 2. It's not about money, it's about power.
yep...think of the control that an organization has when they can say
"We have 28 billion dolllars...what some? Here's all ya gotta
do...AH! you're using it to bring a communications struture to your
third world company? Cool...HEY! I happen to know of a company that
is in that business...I'll call them! Mr. Balmer? Would you like to
talk to Africa?
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built
the Titanic.? - Dave Barry
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