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- Corporate social responsibility and reputation
  Posted by SoxFirst
  Significant news that Microsoft has overtaken Johnson & Johnson and topped the Reputation Quotient survey. The research was done before the Vista debacle but it doesn't matter anyway. Respondents were more interested in the philanthropy of Bill Gates than in whether Microsoft's products were any good.
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- Gates Hopeful for 2007 Troop Withdrawal
  Posted by Jeff from AP News
  Gates adopts party line: Defense Secretary Robert Gates held out hope Tuesday that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued violence and political reconciliation are met.
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- Gates Bolts At End of Daily Show Set
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  People in line for the taping of Monday night's show speculated about what might happen -- wondering if Stewart might bring out "Daily Show" resident expert John Hodgman to reprise his role as the hard-luck Windows PC in Apple's ads.
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- Microsoft PR Paying to "Correct" Wikipedia
  Posted by Jeff from Yro.slashdot
  In fact, I suspect many corporations pay people to manage their Wikipedia profiles. This is just an extension of their PR work.
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- Window's Vista: Hey, where's the buzz?
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Meanwhile, technology analysts wonder whether Microsoft's dominance is nearing an end, since programs coming over the Internet are emerging as a more powerful force in computing than software tied to individual desktops.
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- Buffett is 'Dr. Mengele of philanthropists'
  Posted by Billbar from CNN
  Warren Buffett's new philanthropic alliance with fellow billionaire Bill Gates won widespread praise this week, but anti-abortion activists did not join in, instead assailing the two donors for their longtime support of Planned Parenthood and international birth-control programs.
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- Gates gives $600m more to stop TB
  Posted by Billbar from BBC News
  The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis has received a $600 million boost from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.
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Jeff comments on:
Microsoft | Revamp visa system, Gates urges Congress | Seattle Times Newspaper

Gates seemed to laugh before he answered the question about whether more H1B visa workers depress wages in the U.S. The laugh seems like a tell to me i.e. he’s lying.

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7:37 am 3/13/08
Jeff comments on:
Bill Gates touts 'creative capitalism' in Economic Forum speech

Microsoft and Dell to offer RED PC. Be sure to read the criticism of Product RED stuff here.

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6:11 pm 1/24/08
Jwgardner comments on:
Bill Gates Issues Call For Kinder Capitalism

I honestly never would have predicted such thinking from BG several years ago.

What I want to see now is the staunch capitalist’s response to such thinking. Maybe the Economist will have something (dismissive and venomous, as usual) to say about it…

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11:56 am 1/24/08
Stuart comments on:
Bush seeks nearly $200 billion for more war

I agree jeff coughing up more cash is not the best strategy, wars cost money and the longer this one goes on the more it will cost unfortunatley

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5:58 pm 9/26/07
Jeff comments on:
Bush seeks nearly $200 billion for more war

Spending money is not a strategy.

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2:54 pm 9/26/07
Jon comments on:
Gates Bolts At End of Daily Show Set

That would have been pretty clever, eh? Much better than asking when we’re going to get jet packs.

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7:29 am 1/30/07