Re: Fw: Back to Serfs and Royalty?

From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Sun Sep 02 2001 - 10:15:42 MDT


On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 07:53:43AM -0700, J. R. Molloy wrote:
>
> From: "Charlie Stross" <charlie@antipope.org>
> > Bill Gates --
> > whose company I detest -- has nevertheless done something I quite admire
> > recently; he's allocated a not-inconsiderable sum ($750M) to a public
> > health scheme in south-east
>
> He gave them stock in Microsoft equivalent to $750M (not cash). Big
> difference, because it means the public health of south Asians is tied to the
> future fate of Microsoft, thus giving south Asians reason to support Bill
> Gates.

Ouch. That part didn't make the news over here.

-- Charlie



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