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		stumm on Oct 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Jobs has passed away. Is that supposed to be a jab at Bill Gates?

LaGrange on Oct 6, 2011 [–]

Not necessarily. Bill Gates didn't just start giving money away, he started spending it in a fairly controlled manner, trying to accomplish well defined goals.

Maybe Bill Gates ran out of ideas how to help using computers, though.

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