<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>So Steve Ballmer and his wife have a new found interest for "<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Exchange; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #333333; font-family: Exchange; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">economical mobility for kids who are born into the poorest families.</span><!--EndFragment--><div style="clear: both;" data-mce-style="clear: both;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div><div>(As explained in the WSJ article at <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-ballmers-bid-for-an-educated-citizenry-1542037529">https://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-ballmers-bid-for-an-educated-citizenry-1542037529</a>)</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Wondering how long it might take him to find the value proposition offered by open source in that regard.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Although, if he found value in open source, wouldn't he be spreading cancer? Spreading cancer to the most vulnerable</div><div>members of society? </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"> Here's something worth wondering - would his comments of 2001 have harmed the parents of the children he is now seeking to help.</div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"> That's worth thinking about. Damage done becomes difficult to become undone.</div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"> Phil</div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br>http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div></div></div></body></html>