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The New York Times Technology Has Made Some People Money, but Is That All There Is?
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"Try telling someone hit by the money truck (or waiting to be) that the making of millions overnight does not justify the present means -- like poor business practices, rejection of even sensible government oversight and early profit-taking -- that leaves the dregs of dot-com reality for the public to deal with. Say that out loud and you, too, can live the experience of clearing a room in 10 seconds flat."

Yahoo News ChiliSoft founder plans to give away most of windfall
"Charles Crystle, chairman and former chief executive of ChiliSoft, said today he plans to donate about $11 million of the $15 million he expects from the acquisition toward boosting high-tech education opportunities in Central America. Crystle stepped down as chief executive in November; he felt he was better suited to run start-ups and was just plain burnt out from trying to run an increasingly large company. "I was just dying," he said. "I weighed over 250 pounds and felt like hell. I was in a bad mood all the time. That was for a year and a half."

"My advice to people who are making a ton of money is to pass on the yacht, rent a boat and put money into social ventures," Crystle said."

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