Where would you suppose this stuff would do better good? Hmm? Ethiopia? The Conga? New Guinea?
Anyone who would place worth on this stuff is already well off enough to not have to worry about eating, shelter, and living through the night so giving it to someone who at least had a bad experience is good PR and makes fans happy to read a feel good story.
Face it, you're just upset because you didn't get anything.
Not necessarily this xbox but a donation to charity of some sort.
haha of course i would of loved a free xbox 360 (i own one anyway) but i just saying hes gotten allll this stuff how much more does he need is my question
You realize that Bill Gates has given more to charity than any other person right? Sure organizations probably give more, but as one guy he has given large sums of money to charity. I believe it is in the 30 billion dollars range.
Well... according to WikiPedia, Bill Gates has give away over $29 Billion since 2000 (7 years). Whereas your boy Chuck Feeney gave away $3.5 Billion between 1982 and 2005 (23 years). Now, I no Mathematician, but it would seem to me that Billy G *has* given way more than Chucky.
Please read all your sources before you make a statement like that.
"Last year, the foundation Mr. Feeney created, the Atlantic Philanthropies, gave $458 million in grants around the world, more than any United States charity except two, the Ford and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations."
That's a link given as a source in the Wikipedia page. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was created by Bill and Melinda Gates (who knew?!). Both them and the Ford Foundation gave more than Mr. Feeney. I thank God that people like Mr. Feeney exist but I hate wrong information getting passed around.
If someone came to my home and robbed me blind, but gave away all my stuff instead of keeping it, I wouldn't consider him any sort of hero.
If Microsoft had come to dominance using fair business practices instead of the straight up illegal ways they did, then I'd have no problem with them. Fair competition is always better for the customers than some abusive monopoly.
glad to see you worked so hard to start your own software company and tried to make a superior product, oh wait? thats right, the reason microsoft is on top is because they made a product that people wanted to buy. simple economics. there was nothing preventing other companies from entering the market and competing.
It has nothing to do with being a "superior product" or people "wanting to buy it", it's that it comes pre-installed on almost every computer that's sold.
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seriously though how much stuff does this guy need it was a mistake okay he doesn't need to get all this stuff which could go elsewhere.
Where would you suppose this stuff would do better good? Hmm? Ethiopia? The Conga? New Guinea?
Anyone who would place worth on this stuff is already well off enough to not have to worry about eating, shelter, and living through the night so giving it to someone who at least had a bad experience is good PR and makes fans happy to read a feel good story.
Face it, you're just upset because you didn't get anything.
marketing ploy by microsoft.. clearly he doesn't 'need' all that free stuff.. its just to get attention.
bill gates' sig will do that.
Not necessarily this xbox but a donation to charity of some sort.
haha of course i would of loved a free xbox 360 (i own one anyway) but i just saying hes gotten allll this stuff how much more does he need is my question
He'll keep getting stuff until the parties involved stop feeling guilty.
You realize that Bill Gates has given more to charity than any other person right? Sure organizations probably give more, but as one guy he has given large sums of money to charity. I believe it is in the 30 billion dollars range.
jealous much
iB3nji,
You're an idiot. Abuzar is right. Bill Gates gives billions of dollars. What the hell is putting this thing in auction going to do $30,000 at most.
Don't talk about the donations of Bill Gates. He gave over 50% of all his cash and is eventually going to give more.
How much did you donate last year?
Abuzar, he has given a lot, but not as much as this man (so far, that is).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Feeney
your citing wikipedia? really?
@ Jesse S
Well... according to WikiPedia, Bill Gates has give away over $29 Billion since 2000 (7 years). Whereas your boy Chuck Feeney gave away $3.5 Billion between 1982 and 2005 (23 years). Now, I no Mathematician, but it would seem to me that Billy G *has* given way more than Chucky.
Jesse S,
Please read all your sources before you make a statement like that.
"Last year, the foundation Mr. Feeney created, the Atlantic Philanthropies, gave $458 million in grants around the world, more than any United States charity except two, the Ford and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/nyregion/26about.html
That's a link given as a source in the Wikipedia page. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was created by Bill and Melinda Gates (who knew?!). Both them and the Ford Foundation gave more than Mr. Feeney. I thank God that people like Mr. Feeney exist but I hate wrong information getting passed around.
Ah yes, the old "buying a positive legacy."
If someone came to my home and robbed me blind, but gave away all my stuff instead of keeping it, I wouldn't consider him any sort of hero.
If Microsoft had come to dominance using fair business practices instead of the straight up illegal ways they did, then I'd have no problem with them. Fair competition is always better for the customers than some abusive monopoly.
man that bill gates sounds like a hard ass
@scott
glad to see you worked so hard to start your own software company and tried to make a superior product, oh wait? thats right, the reason microsoft is on top is because they made a product that people wanted to buy. simple economics. there was nothing preventing other companies from entering the market and competing.
btw, enjoy yur aids.
@Dean
It has nothing to do with being a "superior product" or people "wanting to buy it", it's that it comes pre-installed on almost every computer that's sold.