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Billionaire, benefactor ... but is Bill Gates a force for good?
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THE richest man on earth can afford to travel light. Bill Gates,
the founder and chairman of Microsoft, arrived in Edinburgh yesterday
afternoon, in a people carrier with a single security guard. He may
have lacked the personal protection of princes and prime ministers,
yet the tall, diffident man in the dark pin-striped suit and maroon
tie is arguably more powerful than either.
At Bute House, the First Minister's official home, Gates
demonstrated his influence by dispensing largess: 100,000 Scots not
in education or employment would be trained in computer skills in a
partnership between ...
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