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submitted 2 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

Its any position of power in my experience. People get power, justifying in their mind that they and people like them should be in power. Even games about being in charge run into that problem. Maintaining power becomes a major part of the game at some part.

[-] Maerman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

That's a good point, as illustrated by things like the Stanford Prison Experiment.

[-] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

That experiment was massively flawed to the point of uselessness.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

That's exactly what a rich and powerful squirrel would say.

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