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Gates Library Foundation - US$200M
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David Bridge <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:52:16 -0400
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extracted from the web at:  http://nytsyn.com/live/News3/175_062497_104206_28719.html
(see that web page for the complete story).
Can we hope for a "Gates Museum Foundation" ??
yours, David Bridge
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Gates Donates $200M To Bring Internet To Libraries (6/24/1997)

By WARREN WILSON c.1997 Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"SEATTLE - Bill and Melinda Gates announced yesterday their largest philanthropic
contribution to date, a program to bring the Internet to as many as half the public
libraries in the United States and Canada."

"The Microsoft Corp. chairman and his wife will contribute $200 million to establish
the Gates Library Foundation to provide computers, Internet access and training.
The corporation will contribute $200 million in software and technical support."

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