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I'll get excited when it comes out. What is in it for ballmer?

• gumby 10y ago
  It makes his wife happy? That is what is discussed in the article. Frankly, it's a reasonable motivation.
  • xbmcuser 10y ago
    I think it was more about him wanting to win an argument with his wife about his tax dollars being enough for charity but once he started getting the data like all engineers he kept going deeper down the rabbit hole.
• hkmurakami 10y ago
  It struck me as philanthropy in a way. And he confirms it. * “We’re making philanthropic donations elsewhere — I think of this as another,” he said, referring to himself and his wife. “I don’t even deduct this for my taxes. I pay this with after-tax money, no pretax money, because I don’t want anybody being able to think that factors in. But I feel like it’s a civic contribution more than anything else.”
• jonknee 10y ago
  I've made databases to scratch an itch before and this is that, but at a curious billionaire scale. Sounds like an a fun project to work on.