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...uck? Not Bill Gates, apparently.
Bill Gates is worth 50 billion or so. Someone with 50
billion donating 100 million is like someone with 100,000
giving away 50 bucks. He probably has stakes in LOTS of
companies.


What are you talking about? This article doesn't discuss any
"donations." It only discusses an investment, a law being
broken twice, and a levied fine.

If I were picayune (which I am), I'd mention that someone
with $50 billion investing $100 million is like someone with
$100,000 investing $200 (not $50). That is, if we're going
strictly on a percentage basis. In reality, though, $100
million buys a whole lot more influence with a company
than $200 does, which is why there are laws like the one
that Bill Gates violated twice.
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Witch hunt  Enterprise Analyst | 05/03/04
Wasting?  IT_User | 05/03/04
But who cares? This is chump change for Gates.  xbee | 05/03/04
YOU MUST BE KIDDING, RIGHT ???  realitycheck101 | 05/03/04
fraudulent?  richhayes | 05/03/04
Who gives a f....  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 05/03/04
Yeah, it's not exactly "technology news"  IT_User | 05/03/04
Other reports better on this  AbsolutelyNot | 05/03/04
I agree with you completely!  B.O.F.H. | 05/03/04
Never...  mabricen | 05/03/04
Seems to me you missed the implied sarcasm  AbsolutelyNot | 05/03/04
Break anti-trust laws, break SEC filing laws....  mlindl | 05/03/04
Who gives a F....  mabricen | 05/03/04
... or a rolling donut! (What a non-story)  John Le'Brecage | 05/03/04
...uck? Not Bill Gates, apparently.  buddhistMonkey | 05/04/04
Really BAD editing - the Headline  j.m.galvin | 05/03/04
Sorta  IT_User | 05/03/04
and so?  ryusen | 05/03/04
A crook is a crook is a crook!  jjon2121 | 05/03/04
Whats The FTC Do With Its Money  ParadigmOdyssey | 05/03/04
Nothing to do with Tech!!!!!  mabricen | 05/03/04
FTC: Please donate that money to fix his cruddy OS  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/03/04
Not really an issue.  Rick_K | 05/03/04
Bill Gates and Martha Stewart in the same jail cell  Squawkbox | 05/03/04
but what would the kids look like? (nt)  eLurker | 05/04/04
As my dad says  Arrg | 05/03/04
Where there's smoke...  km4hr@... | 05/04/04
Like paying for an overdue library book  jfrankcarr | 05/04/04

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