This was the week when Bill Gates said that Mark Zuckerberg's attempts at benevolent billionaire philanthropy were rubbish. The ex-Microsoftie belittled Zuck's attempts to better mankind by getting everyone online, saying that should be pretty far down on the list of things humanity needs to have fixed. The Facebook founder …

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Friday 8th November 2013 12:45 GMT Oh Homer

Both

For different but equally important reasons.

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1. Friday 8th November 2013 14:35 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: Rubbish
  
  No. 1000 times No. If you even think of applying the same level of importance of internet connectivity to a life saving, world altering medication, you need your First World priorities and head examined.
  
  Because David Sarnoff certainly rates in global importance as Jonas Salk.
  
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  1. Friday 8th November 2013 15:33 GMT phil dude
    
    Re: Rubbish
    
    A malaria vaccine would be an amazing advance, but ignores the problem of massive inequity in socioeconomic infrastructure.
    
    The internet is a fundamental revolution in human knowledge application and dispersal.
    
    Let us have clean water, food, effective shelter become universal, and perhaps the benefits of technology can be used by all...
    
    P.
    
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Friday 8th November 2013 16:43 GMT btrower

Gates Vs Zuckerberg

Bill Gates' criticism of Zuckerberg speaks more about Gates than it does about Zuckerberg.

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Monday 11th November 2013 02:59 GMT Schultz

Malaria vaccine versus connectivity

I go for the malaria vaccine and while we are at it, Bill, please cure cancer and give me unlimited clean energy.

Being important does not equate being realistic. And having connectivity can make all the difference to figure out how to treat that kid's diarrhea.

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1. Monday 11th November 2013 04:45 GMT Yet Another Anonymous coward
  
  Re: Malaria vaccine versus connectivity
  
  The malaria vaccine is a very real possibility - Glaxo are trialing one.
  
  The tricky thing with malaria is that we have been living with it for 1,000,000 years so it has got very good at evolving around most of our immune system.
  
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