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Bill still owns a lot of Microsoft stock. He might not care about the money for his personal gain, but he does care about the mission and goals of his foundatio
by melvinram 14y ago
Bill still owns a lot of Microsoft stock. He might not care about the money for his personal gain, but he does care about the mission and goals of his foundation. More money for Bill = more money for foundation.
I don't see Bill returning to Microsoft being a likely scenario but the value proposition is definitely there if he feels his ability to do things with this foundation in the future threatened.
- jrogers65 14y agoSpeaking of the Gates Foundation, it appears to be involved in myraid shady dealings - http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_Critique http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_Critiq...
- bcoates 14y agoThat website is one dense concentration of crazy. Each of those links is to yet another article by the same guy where he does some ranting, then mostly misrepresents some aside in an article at another source, then "just asks some questions", then closes with some more ranting.
- jrogers65 14y agoPlenty of those articles link to mainstream sources. First one I looked at linked to this, for example: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/03/136920664/gates-foundation-shows-off-new-headquarters http://www.npr.org/2011/06/03/136920664/gates-foundation-sho... Which contains the same kind of information they are talking about: > They're influencing governments in lots of different ways — and corporations, and really everybody else in society, and it's not just about writing checks So clearly this isn't just a philanthropic effort - it's a political machine with real influence. More: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2012751169_gatesmonsanto29m.html http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2012751169_gatesmonsa... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonie-haimson/post_1315_b_788994.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonie-haimson/post_1315_b_788...