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To: rupert1 who wrote (71189)	11/7/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 97611

LOL-- Vic Billy is putting this out tomorrow,, will not help, B: For release at 0001 GMT Monday Nov. 8 B: For release at 0001 GMT Monday Nov. 8 LONDON, Nov 07, 1999 (AP Worldstream via COMTEX) -- Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates has donated 2.5 million pounds (dlrs 4.2 million) to help install computers in 47 libraries across Britain to allow more people to learn to use the Internet, the government said Sunday. Earlier, a London newspaper calculated that while Gates, whose Microsoft Corp. was declared a monopoly by a U.S. Federal judge on Friday, is rich, he's not the richest. The Sunday Express study, estimating the wealth of the century's 100 richest people at current prices, found that Gates' 54 billion-pound (dlrs 89 billion) ranked behind the 124 billion pounds (dlrs 204.6 billion) accumulated by John D. Rockefeller at the peak of his riches in 1937. In third place was Henry Ford, at 44 billion pounds (dlrs 72.6 billion). The only other modern-day billionaire in the top 10 was the Walton family, owners of Wal-Mart, the world's largest supermarket chain (34.4 billion pounds/dlrs 56.8 billion) and the Sultan of Brunei (30.9 billion pounds/dlrs 51 billion). The British library project is aimed at ensuring that no one is excluded from the Internet revolution, said Arts Minister Alan Howarth. 'At the press of a button you can have access to everything from cut-price books and CDs to holidays and job opportunities, yet millions of our fellow citizens have yet to switch on a computer,' said Howarth. The money from the U.S. billionaire's personal charity, the Gates Foundation, the government said. Copyright 1999 Associated Press, All rights reserved.