Gates Pledges $750M to Vaccinate Children 1251
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from the ends-justify-the-means dept.
from the ends-justify-the-means dept.
chriskzoo5 writes "The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is pledging $750M to vaccinate children worldwide over the next 10 years. Much maligned for his business practices, is this proof that sometimes the ends justify the means? Let's see if the Linux community can match his generosity."
viruses (Score:4, Funny)
Gates' Hidden Agenda: do the math (Score:1, Funny)
This outperforms Microsoft stock even. Genius.
This is part of his plan (Score:2, Funny)
My box (Score:4, Funny)
Will someone please think of the computers?
Oh wait, that should beWill someone please think of the children?
Re:Matching the generosity? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Er (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Generosity (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, I see homeless people in the streets every day warming their hands on their Athlons, thanking the Linux community for providing them with a free OS to run their cpu's at max speed and generate maximum warmth. Starvation and disease wants to be free!
Re:Er (Score:2, Funny)
From a long line of generous businessmen... (Score:3, Funny)
From http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/valentine.htm
Vaccinate children... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Er (Score:2, Funny)
Oh No (Score:2, Funny)
Linux users can't match it but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Linux community already donates (Score:3, Funny)
And he gave it to them because he had a hard time spending it on himself. God knows he tried.
Re:Er (Score:1, Funny)
I don't think it's that philanthropic... (Score:3, Funny)