Kinder Capitalism
Friday, January 25th, 2008This week, Bill Gates made a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, calling for what he describes as a ‘kinder capitalism’. The Wall Street Journal states that his newfound humanitarianism was born of the awareness that although capitalism has served many in the developing world, it leaves the poorest of the poor [...]
Gates vs Shuttleworth
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Some 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 [...]