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#3561440 - 04/23/12 12:48 PM X-Plane developer donates 1.5 million to Animal Shelter
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http://www.wltx.com/news/article/94002/305/Project-Pet-Now-Pawmetto-Lifeline-

A very noble cause. I love animals and think this is a great idea. But I had no idea he was so loaded! Where did he get all this money? It couldnt be just from X-plane sales. What does he do besides X-plane?
I like how he makes a point of saying he was "driving down the road in his Corvette" lol

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#3561687 - 04/23/12 09:59 PM Re: X-Plane developer donates 1.5 million to Animal Shelter [Re: Scoobe]
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I've read his adventures before..driving Ferrari's, owns a Columbia 400, etc... He is loaded... He has probably licensed his technology for certified (FAA) simulators which would be a premium. That and his overhead (he coded alone for the longest time) result in all profit for him.

Lancair story..

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#3561924 - 04/24/12 10:45 AM Re: X-Plane developer donates 1.5 million to Animal Shelter [Re: Scoobe]
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Heh, just like Branson.
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#3562311 - 04/24/12 11:39 PM Re: X-Plane developer donates 1.5 million to Animal Shelter [Re: Scoobe]
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Branson is pretty damn cool..

PROOF! (NSFW)

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#3562593 - 04/25/12 01:19 PM Re: X-Plane developer donates 1.5 million to Animal Shelter [Re: Scoobe]
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It might be a "noble cause" but If I had so much money I'd expend it helping homeless people. If a dog doesn't have shelter that's a problem, but seeing a friend of mine losing his house because he can not longer pay it. That's heartbreaking.

Being unemployed myself for a long while now, it has changed so many things in my life. I see it like someone being tired of having so much money.

It has to be really good having so much money. With just 10% of it, It'd resolve my entire life.
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