wish i had a clue stick to smack buffet upside the head!

[John Van Ostrand]

On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 19:05 -0400, ted leslie wrote:
> "Warren Buffett, the world's second-richest man, said he will soon start giving away almost all of his fortune to charity, most of it going to a foundation controlled by the world's richest man, Bill Gates, Fortune magazine reported Sunday."
> 
> man this is sad!
> give the world most sucessful mob boss 30+ billion $ to selectively spend on "good deeds".
> Man i wanna frick'n puke.
> 
> Here's a thought Warren ... donate 2 billion of it to linux, and in 5 years you'll be the richest man
> after Gates tanks, but i guess that never occured to him!

My concern with this was that the B&M Gates Foundation would tie
microsoft products to the donations. Does anyone know how much of this
is happening?
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