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    $168 Million to Fight Malaria ...

    He has vowed to give away all his money before he dies to help developing nations against disease.

    See article here: Bill Gates


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    man, iam gonna write him a letter, see if he will donate to ME!!, even 168, 000..haha

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    Not only does this make him look like quite the humanitarian but it also helps microsoft on the exchange and in court. Consumers, juries, organizations etc love this kind of stuff..smart investment
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    LOL
    What's 168Million to him? hehe
    That's a good number for the chinese people, it represents the road to prosperity
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    Originally posted by max_boost
    LOL
    What's 168Million to him? hehe
    That's a good number for the chinese people, it represents the road to prosperity
    Yeah, Chinese people have something about the number 8 don't they.

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    He has been donating tons of money long before Microsoft ran into legal troubles.
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    He's still an asshole tho, who monopolizes and rips people off.

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    Its called business. The guy is successful in making his product superior, and became super dominant in the computer industry. The product didn't make its way into almost every computer by being crappy. You can't blame the guy for being successful
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    yah he even donated computers to librarys in canada. My mom works at a library and they got brand new comps for free from microsoft. At least he gives something back.

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