>wasn't that a turnabout? i remember that he was roundly criticized a
>while back because he wasn't much of a philanthropist. the argument
>was that cyberlibertarians tends not to be especially generous
>because their wealth was all on paper. there was an entire spread on
>the topic here, when i first moved to FL.
Soros said a few years ago that given his antitrust troubles, it was inevitable that Gates would turn to philanthropy as a business strategy. It must be said, though, that he's doing good things with his $.
Doug