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[Anthony]

On 12/30/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> >On 12/28/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>On 28/12/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>FWIW, I would see a donation from the Gates Foundation to be less of a
> >>>PR stunt than a donation from Virgin Unite.  The Gates Foundation has
> >>>pretty much nothing to do with Microsoft other than having the same
> >>>founder.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>And that they tend to donate, uh, Windows licenses.
> >>
> >>
> >They do?  {{citation_needed}}
> >
> There is a certain logic to it.  It's a very inexpensive donation for
> them.  Think of the optics of having a Bill and Melinda Gates sponsored
> site being powered by Linux. :-)
>
It would make a lot more sense for Microsoft to donate the Windows
licenses directly, which I assume is what actually happens.  If the
Gates Foundation donated the licenses, how would they obtain them?
Buy them from Microsoft?  That would involve a huge and insanely
illegal conflict of interest transaction.

No, I'm fairly certain that the Gates Foundation *doesn't* donate
Windows licenses.  And the fact that I haven't gotten that citation I
requested makes me think David Gerard just made that assertion up.

Anthony