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I'm so happy to see what he's doing with his money. They way he earned it was problematic to say the least (see the ECIS paper for a succinct history, if you a
by tedsuo 15y ago
I'm so happy to see what he's doing with his money. They way he earned it was problematic to say the least (see the ECIS paper for a succinct history, if you are interested: http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepape...). But I have to say, he's making up for it with how he's choosing to spend it. I definitely did not see that coming.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoEvery time I heard about his "charitable" works, he seems to be flying into developing nations and taking a stance against more open intellectual property rights (in medicine as well as software) or, coincidentally, giving them lots of cash when they're talking about adopting open computing systems. Admittedly, I've kind of lost interest so I've not paid any attention recently but I assume he's stopped that nonsense. Because it's tacky enough to actually lower my already poor opinion of him as a human being. (I'd also heard the foundation was mostly his wife and father's doing and he wasn't particularly interested in it, but again that's going back a few years, maybe that's changed too.)
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- smackfu 15y agoRarely will people admit to having such strong opinions about things they know so little about.
- thebigshane 15y ago"We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand." - Eric Hoffer Rare to admit maybe, not rare to occur.