Bill Gates is my hero

I am old enough to remember the time before Microsoft became King.
The time when all computers were different and all the parts were different and nothing agreed with anything else and it was all most inconvenient.

Then Bill Gates and his Microsoft won the battle and we all heaved a sigh of relief
Suddenly most things to do with computers all agreed with each other and very rapidly got cheaper and cheaper - happy days

And of course Mr Gates made a shed load of money.
But that is not why he is my hero

He is my hero because of what he is doing with that money.

He really is using it to improve the lives of people - mainly the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.
His foundation have set out to cure and  eradicate the health issues that kill or maim more people than anything else in the world.
The main one is malaria
I read yesterday that he is also trying to "fix" elephantiasis.

This is a horrible illness transmitted by the same type of mosquito that transmits malaria.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the UK and US government and Glaxo, are starting a program whereby 500 million people in affected parts of India will be given a pill  -every year  -for 7 years - which will prevent this  terrible  illness.

WOW - He is my HERO