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No 620 July-August / Juillet-Août 2003
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After 35 years at the UN: au revoir PERSONNEL Le fonds de pension
en 6 tableaux SERVICES Modernisation des
salles de conférences - Côté jardin GLOBE The G-8 Summits
the issue at stake is that of fairness and justice DERNIERE MINUTE Le Secrétaire général participe à la collecte FEUILLETON Mélanie Mercier
née Markowitz (5) ARTS
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Dear Sirs, In your May issue there was an interesting article on cultural heritage by Seble Demeke. Whilst in general agreement with what is written I think it is necessary to correct her statement about Bill Gates and the internet. The www, which is the common connection to the internet was developed at CERN 10 years ago. It is an open-ended system (i.e. the software is free), It was nothing to do with Mr B. Gates, if it had been Im sure we would now be paying a lot more for it by now. I am not aware either that he has developed any original search engines, although he has tried to force people to use the Internet using his exclusive software within the Windows system. Yours sincerely, Richard James ------------------- Dear Sirs, I have enjoyed your articles in the June UN Special. Thank you.
You are so perfectly right. Of course it is not money that
makes staff go the extra mile .. cest tellement toutes
les autres petites choses.... an interersted UN Special reader |
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