"The not-for-profit organization that is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, including its works and site, must be viewed on its own merit."

Every corporate behemoth must have a pretty PR face to confuse the public. All that money was illegitimately obtained through the sales of mediocre/bad/rip-off software. There's no reson it should not at least go to the disadvantaged...
I can agree to only that the *site* must be viewed on its own merit, since its design was undoubtedly outsourced -- and they did do a good job.

Being old enough to, by far, pre-date PC's (and was WELL into adulthood when I programmed my first PDP11-40) I recognize what a contribution Microsoft has made to both the industry and in this case humanity. Thanks Bill and Melinda for both this site and for a lot of pioneering.