Not long ago, David Schultz struggled to manage a growing janitorial business without the use of a personal computer.
Then he got a computer from one of the world's richest men.
Schultz now enjoys virtually unlimited access to technology in a place once thought to be rendered obsolete by computers -- a public library.
"Being that I don't have one at home, this is pretty nice," the 45-year-old business owner said as he sat down to update his client list on a desktop computer at the Waukesha Public Library.
The Waukesha library is among dozens in Wisconsin that have received grants for computer hardware and software from a charitable foundation funded by billionaire Bill Gates.
Since the grant program began about 10 years ago, libraries in Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and elsewhere have received a combined $4 million, resulting in more than 800 new personal computers becoming available statewide.