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    Gates vs Shuttleworth

    Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

    Some childish name-calling recently erupted on a forum that I frequent, which resulted in a philanthropy pissing contest. Some people said Bill Gates is saving lives through his generousity; some said Mark Shuttleworth is building futures.
    Some were silly enough to suggest that Ubuntu is just a bunch of geeks getting their rocks off playing with [...]