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 ====================================================================================== 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."