Bill Gates was on campus today to speak about the need for innovation and service, topics that obviously resonate here at MIT. You only have to look at the work of the D-LAB, Jameel Poverty Action Lab, One Laptop Per Child, or MIT's Public Service Center - to name just a few - for examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a better place.
You can watch the presentation online: Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference.
Sadly I was unable to get him to sign my DOS 2.0 binder. Maybe next time.
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Is Windows and its horrible marketing team a way to give something to society? i don't think so
Posted by: martin 14' on April 21, 2010
Posted by: martin 14' on April 21, 2010
Posted by: hey, well on April 21, 2010
Posted by: Amethyst on April 21, 2010
SERIOUSLY? WOW!
Posted by: genius ('18) on April 21, 2010
Posted by: Anonymous on April 21, 2010
ReCaptch: and sugary!
Posted by: Armin on April 22, 2010
Agreed, but the Gates Foundation is doing some astounding charity work that extends well beyond simply expanding the Windows user base. Whether or not you respect the man, there's a lot to respect in the philanthropy.
@ genius ('18)
Let's not talk about how long I've been a computer nerd, shall we
@ Armin
The Ubuntu OS is a great project, too. You can download Sugar, the OLPC OS, if you're interested. It's fun to play around with since it's all symbology-based (nicely bypassing the language barrier). You can even do dev work for them and help out the cause.
Posted by: MIT Admissions - Dave on April 22, 2010
@hey: I wasn't insulting windows. I just said that compared to porjects like Debian and OLPC its contribution is near to nothing.
Posted by: martin '14 on April 22, 2010
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