Gates Aims Billions at Illnesses of World's Neediest
"Bill Gates is going to be remembered more for what he did for international public health than what he did for the world of computers," predicted Richard T. Mahoney, a professor at Arizona State University who has wide experience dealing with health issues in poor countries...

Many suspected that Mr. Gates's plunge into works of charity, which took off at the time of the trial, was aimed at polishing his image.

But if his foundation is a public relations exercise, it is one that experts in the field agree is innovative, ambitious and bold. "It seems to me — and I've been following his work — that this is a guy with a vision..."

From those to whom much is given, much is required. So too, where sin is, there grace all the more abounds...