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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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[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 16 points 2 days ago

Also, the only reason they were successful at all was his mom was on the IBM board and got IBM to support their shit.

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

You may want to check your sources on that. If I remember correctly, his mother knew someone on the board, through her work with the United Way.

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