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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* You know what gets me the most? Bill Gates is a heartless jerk...he didn't start donating to charities until just recently didn't he?

I disagree habibi, that that makes him heartless. Its his well earned money. he has every right to keep some or all of it for his own use, whatever he deems he wants to do w/ that.

IMO, I dont care how many billions you have. Its your money, and judging him bc he doesn't donate it isn't right.

I mean, if he does, thats absolutely fucking wonderful, but to attack him for not?

I dont agree.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* You know what gets me the most? Bill Gates is a heartless jerk...he didn't start donating to charities until just recently didn't he?

A heartless jerk? What exactly are you basing that on? I am not even going to mention the BILLIONS he has given away, of his OWN money (oh i just did).

What, the fact that he makes products and expects people to pay for them? He believes his company is the best out there?

Wow...why don't you guys all just flip out on me though...I said "just didn't he?" as in...it was a QUESTION...b/c I wasn't aware. It was my UNDERSTANDING that for YEARS he's been a billionaire (way before 2000) and he hadn't given away a cent of his money to any sort of foundation. But since I posed my comment as a QUESTION it was possible that there was information that I was unaware of.

If I had that much money I would be donating to charities ALL of the time...but I guess that's just me.

I was also just informed today that Bill Gates plans on giving the majority of his fortune away to charities when he dies, and not just giving it all away to his kids.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I was also just informed today that Bill Gates plans on giving the majority of his fortune away to charities when he dies, and not just giving it all away to his kids.

Id be pissed if I was his kids!

Unless I still got a truly fine sum of $$$.


I wonder how much his funeral is gonna cost. I was told my life ins agent at Co-operators, then on average, a funeral costs when alls said and done is often these days from 10,000-20,000$

So, yea, I wonder how much Gates's funeral is gonna cost!

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* If I had that much money I would be donating to charities ALL of the time...but I guess that's just me.

I wasnt meaning to jump on you habibi, and i didnt even know either if he'd donated to charities at all either.

my point was that i dont think he is (would be) a jerk even if he donated NOTHING to any charities.

Its his right to spend his money as he sees fit was all i was trying to convey, and dont think it would be fair to call him a jerk simply because he decided to spend/save his fortune w/o giving any away for free to a charity.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Wow...why don't you guys all just flip out on me though...I said "just didn't he?" as in...it was a QUESTION...b/c I wasn't aware. It was my UNDERSTANDING that for YEARS he's been a billionaire (way before 2000) and he hadn't given away a cent of his money to any sort of foundation. But since I posed my comment as a QUESTION it was possible that there was information that I was unaware of. If I had that much money I would be donating to charities ALL of the time...but I guess that's just me.

If you were asking a question, why slam him as a heartless jerk, bitch?

(See how easy it was for me to turn a simple question into something hostile?)

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did u guys know that bill gates and warren buffet are avid card playing friends? they play together irl and also via online.. i think cribs or something.


1billion a month is alot of money. i am astounded by the amount of personal wealth donated to charity by both bill gates and buffet. amazing!

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar I wasnt meaning to jump on you habibi, and i didnt even know either if he'd donated to charities at all either. my point was that i dont think he is (would be) a jerk even if he donated NOTHING to any charities. Its his right to spend his money as he sees fit was all i was trying to convey, and dont think it would be fair to call him a jerk simply because he decided to spend/save his fortune w/o giving any away for free to a charity.

I was told that Bill Gates was virtuatlly a crook...stealing the microsoft idea from someone else. So I wouldn't call that earnings...haha...but he has made the business successful since he stole (or didn't steal) the idea. I dunno much about Microsoft though...I don't follow that stuff. Doesn't interest me much.

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur If you were asking a question, why slam him as a heartless jerk, bitch? (See how easy it was for me to turn a simple question into something hostile?)

Call me a bitch all you want...doesn't hurt me.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I was told that Bill Gates was virtuatlly a crook...stealing the microsoft idea from someone else. So I wouldn't call that earnings...haha...but he has made the business successful since he stole (or didn't steal) the idea. I dunno much about Microsoft though...I don't follow that stuff. Doesn't interest me much.

he didn't steal an idea. in the early 80s he saw a need for operating systems, so he took an existing OS and improved on it, creating DOS.

but that has been the msft way, taking existing ideas and tweaking/tampering with it until it perfects it. internet explorer comes to mind.

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Regardless of how he made the money, or how long it took him to start donating, the fact of the matter is, he DID start donating, where many others didn't. I think it's unfair to slam the guy on taking 20+ years to start donating billions to charities where there are a lot of billionaires and millionaires out there who don't do it at all.

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Originally posted by Porky he didn't steal an idea. in the early 80s he saw a need for operating systems, so he took an existing OS and improved on it, creating DOS. but that has been the msft way, taking existing ideas and tweaking/tampering with it until it perfects it. internet explorer comes to mind.

Thanks for the clarification

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Regardless of how he made the money, or how long it took him to start donating, the fact of the matter is, he DID start donating, where many others didn't. I think it's unfair to slam the guy on taking 20+ years to start donating billions to charities where there are a lot of billionaires and millionaires out there who don't do it at all.

I never said that those other billionairs and millionaires are any better.

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