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Title: It may be peanuts
Post by: Steve on Jan 25, 2012, 18:02:26

Good on him . £17bn is no small amount of money by anybody's calculations and quite a coup for a Deptford school

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16726193

Title: Re: It may be peanuts
Post by: Lance on Jan 25, 2012, 20:09:21

If only there were more people with his wealth and aims.

Title: Re: It may be peanuts
Post by: pctech on Jan 25, 2012, 21:43:10

Blimey, why didn't such things happen when I was at school.

I've no doubt he is a ruthless businessman but underneath that Bill does seem to be a genuinely good guy and apart from Sir Tim Berners-Lee is perhaps the only well known person from the tech world I'd actually quite like to meet.

Title: Re: It may be peanuts
Post by: Simon on Jan 25, 2012, 23:28:44

What's laughable is that most of our parents wouldn't have allowed us to stay on the computer "day and night" - but it didn't do Bill Gates any harm! ;)

Title: Re: It may be peanuts
Post by: pctech on Jan 26, 2012, 15:50:41

Absolutely, my Mum says I do but as you say it didn't do him any harm.

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