http://www.thesocialgeek.com/blog A never ending story of a never stopping idiot! Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:59:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thesocialgeek.com/blog/2008/06/26/february-1976-an-open-letter-to-hobbyists/ http://www.thesocialgeek.com/blog/2008/06/26/february-1976-an-open-letter-to-hobbyists/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:28:25 +0000 Kamran http://www.thesocialgeek.com/wordpress/?p=96 This was first published in the Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter in response to the actions of some within the hobbyist tech community at that time - where hobbyists distributed copies of Microsoft software free of charge in the club meetings without paying Microsoft anything. Bill Gates wrote this open letter to the community to make them realize how it is hurting software innovation. Interesting read.

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