Hello World! (yeah, I've written computer programs)
Bill Gates has a fortune of 50 billion US dollars according to the magazine Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/BH69.html). He's the world's richest man. He's fifthy years old so he has made in average 1 billion a year! So it wouldn't be a good idea to stop making money to pick up a 50 dollar bill from the street (if we assume that it takes more than 2 seconds) . 1 billion / 365.25 days / 24 hours / 60 min / 60 sek = 31,688 US dollar / second.
Some people think that the big software company that has made the fortune of William Gates is relly evil and that it's trying to be omnipotent in software.
I think that even if Mirosoft's monopoly is harmful, the company is just trying to make good products (even if it's not always as succesful as we'd all hope) and Bill Gates is contributing to the good of humanity with his generous contributions to research for curing infectious disease.
Over and out!
/Erik
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