What 6 billion could buy you

Posted Jan 12, 2006 12:59 UTC (Thu) by Zenith (guest, #24899)
In reply to: What 6 billion could buy you by mikec
Parent article: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Speaking for myself, if I had $50B to blow, you can bet I'd be doing some research on the moon, it amazes me that Gates and freinds, given that they are by original vocation computer geeks, aren't the ones doing the things that Branson is doing.

Well, actually they *are* doing something about it:
http://news.com.com/Geeks+in+space/2100-1026_3-5399507.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/SS1_ALLEN_040620.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen