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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by jcromartie on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @02:05PM (#6770282)
> the impact of their contributions might have already superseded what Gates has been able to accomplish

Oh come on. In the long run, the ideas of Free Software are hugely important. But for now, Gates is actually helping people not die through philanthropy on a level which, as far as I know, Torvalds and Stallman are not even remotely capable of achieving.

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Re:Software patent reform just died in the House by leal on Thursday November 21, 2013 @04:00PM (#6777438)
Technology does help people immensely, perhaps in ways less measurable than philanthropy. Consider medical devices, weather forecasting, medical research - all these significantly leverage GNU/Linux.
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