[Ipg-smz] Steve Ballmer's philanthropic interests

[Dana Blankenhorn]

Reporters say many things. When sources say things, I listen more closely.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 1:04 PM Scott Mace <scottmace at wiredmuse.com> wrote:

> Along those lines, I was at a talk in Qatar last
> week about Bill Gates' other nonprofit, Global
> Good, and heard concerns from a reporter from
> West Africa that Gates would parachute in
> technology or ownership of said technology to
> Africa and thus quash any entrepreneurial
> initiatives to solve the same problems in
> developing countries that Global Good purports to solve.
>
> Scott Mace
>
> At 11:43 AM 11/12/2018, you wrote:
> >Ballmer has recently been saying nothing but
> >good about Linux and open source. Ballmer is, of
> >course, still the single larges shareholder of
> >Microsoft, so I imagine that his change of heart
> >is brought about by his own economic reality,
> >not that Microsoft is dependent of Linux and
> >open source. Just guessing, however. Christine
> >Hall Publisher & Editor FOSS Force: Keeping tech
> >free http://fossforce.com On 11/12/18 2:29 PM,
> >Phil Shapiro wrote: > > So Steve Ballmer and his
> >wife have a new found interest for "economical >
> >mobility for kids who are born into the poorest
> >families. > > (As explained in the WSJ article
> >at >
> >
> https://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-ballmers-bid-for-an-educated-citizenry-1542037529)
>
> > > >  Â  Â  Wondering how long it might take him
> >to find the value proposition > offered by open
> >source in that regard. > >  Â  Â  Â  Â Although,
> >if he found value in open source, wouldn't he
> >be > spreading cancer? Spreading cancer to the
> >most vulnerable > members of society? > >
> >https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/
> > > >  Â  Â  Â  Â  Here's something worth
> >wondering - would his comments of 2001 > have
> >harmed the parents of the children he is now
> >seeking to help. > >  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â That's worth
> >thinking about. Damage done becomes difficult
> >to > become
> >undone. > >  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
> >Â Phil > > -- > Phil Shapiro, pshapiro at his.com >
> >http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html >
> >http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro >
> >http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html > >
> >  "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates >
> >"Learning happens thru gentleness." > "We must
> >reinvent a future free of blinders so that we
> >can choose from > real options." Â David
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