# Bill Gates Donates $3 Billion to Charity **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [July 21, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859 "2004-07-21T22:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/1 "2004-07-21T22:31:31Z")
> As part of a plan announced Tuesday to [[u][color=#0000ff]distribute $75 billion to shareholders[/color][/u]](http://news.com.com/Microsoft+to+share+its+wealth+with+investors/2100-7343_3-5276917.html?tag=nl) during the next four years, stockholders will receive a one-time dividend of $3 per share. As the company’s largest stockholder, with 1.1 billion shares, Gates stands to earn about $3 billion. Gates said Tuesday that he plans to donate the windfall to the [[u][color=#0000ff]Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[/color][/u], which works to expand access to technology through public libraries and to help fight diseases around the world. The foundation estimates its endowment at $27 billion. [size=1]\*\*([url=“http://news.com.com/Gates+to+donate+%243+billion+windfall/2100-7343\_3-5277369.html?tag=st.rn”]CNET News.com](http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gatesfoundation.org&siteId=3&oId=2100-7343-5277369&ontId=7343&lop=nl_ex)**[/size][size=1]**)\*\*[/size] Aww - that’s really nice 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/2 "2004-07-21T22:39:58Z")
yeah its really great, now watch some mac franatic try to reason how he is doing it for personal gain… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/3 "2004-07-21T22:40:28Z")
so, they add internet acces to libraries… **and** they also fight diseases…impresive :mu: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/4 "2004-07-21T22:44:18Z")
> [@mlkedave](#): > > yeah its really great, now watch some mac franatic try to reason how he is doing it for personal gain… Yeah - a few insecure ones will definitely do that. Their posts will be deleted 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/5 "2004-07-21T23:25:26Z")
oh i see, there is a catch: “Bill Gates to donate $3 Billion dollars to **his own** charity…” thats one hell of a write-off… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/6 "2004-07-21T23:34:33Z")
On the main page it says “Bill Gates donates $3…” lol. I was like wtf, a whole thread about Bill Gates donating 3 bucks. Hehe. It’s a good thing he’s doing, but it doesn’t make up for the pile of junk that is his operating system 😉 (j/k btw hehe) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/7 "2004-07-21T23:45:37Z")
wow, he’s gone up 3 billion points in my book. _props bill_ :p: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/8 "2004-07-22T01:19:56Z")
> [@Yeldarb](#): > > On the main page it says “Bill Gates donates $3…” lol. I was like wtf, a whole thread about Bill Gates donating 3 bucks. Hehe. Ooh - I fixed that right now. It should say the whole $3 Billion 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/9 "2004-07-22T02:23:37Z")
I reported a windows bug once… Bill should give me at least a million or billion for that =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/10 "2004-07-22T07:20:08Z")
I don’t think anyone gets it. FIRST, how many middle class people do you think have shares in Microsoft? The people that have shares in Microsoft already are making tons. SECOND, no I am not a Macintosh fanatic 😉 ! I know Bill is just giving more money to his fat cats, shareholders. Majeye seems to get what he’s doing though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/11 "2004-07-22T07:22:33Z")
Plus, its nice he is giving internet access, but that stock thing… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/12 "2004-07-22T13:05:37Z")
Is he still one of the rishest men on this planet after this? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/13 "2004-07-22T13:50:17Z")
I think so - this is an extra $3 billion that he would not have gotten had it not been for MS’s latest share buyback/dividend thing. He still has a comfortable lead over Warren Buffet 🙂 Axel - that would mean that all wealthy people in the country would give away that much. Bill Gates has given away more than $30 billion of his money over the years to help fight AIDS, help vaccinate 3rd world children, and he also helps out a lot of inner city schools and libraries get internet access, offers scholarships, and more! If you think that he is doing all this for a tax write off, no offense, but that idea is simply naive. About making shareholders money…that’s what ALL corporations do 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/14 "2004-07-22T15:24:18Z")
I know what he’s doing is nice, or nicer than nice, but I still don’t like the guy. Maybe its just because he’s the “leader of the evil corporation Micro$oft”. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/15 "2004-07-22T17:35:50Z")
> [@Krilnon](#): > > I know what he’s doing is nice, or nicer than nice, but I still don’t like the guy. Maybe its just because he’s the “leader of the evil corporation Micro$oft”. I seriously don’t like him either. If I had his type of money, it would be falling out of my a\*\* and I would take showers with it… I guess he’s being sort of nice…3 billion is 3000 million. The charity is probably partying because of that :P. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/16 "2004-07-22T17:44:44Z")
Most people have no problem with the guy 😉 Most have problems with his business practices. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/17 "2004-07-22T17:49:26Z")
Yea that’s what I mean. He is one ripping and killing machine. But business is business :sigh:. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/18 "2004-07-22T19:30:36Z")
[size=4] **Does anybody sell a couple thousand Windows shares** [/size] :beam:?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/19 "2004-07-22T19:30:51Z")
Yeah - eat or be eaten is the way of life for tech companies 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859/20 "2004-07-22T19:32:28Z")
> [@kirupa](#): > > Yeah - eat or be eaten is the way of life for tech companies 😛 😃 Exactly! [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-donates-3-billion-to-charity/116859.md?page=2)