Thursday, November 02, 2006
An Open Letter to Hobbyists
An Open Letter to Hobbyists
--Bill Gates
“What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free?”
Bill Gates—the richest man in the whole world—that’s who. Who is Bill Gates to be upset about the downloading of free software? I wonder if Gates would still feel this way 20 years after he had written this and has qauired tremendous wealth.
“I would appreciate letters from any one who wants to pay up, or has a suggestion or comment. Just write to me at 1180 Alvarado SE, #114, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108. Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software.”
Wow. And now that you have hired ten programmers or more, you can fire them all because Windows sucks. Next computer I get is gonna be an Apple...
--Bill Gates
“What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free?”
Bill Gates—the richest man in the whole world—that’s who. Who is Bill Gates to be upset about the downloading of free software? I wonder if Gates would still feel this way 20 years after he had written this and has qauired tremendous wealth.
“I would appreciate letters from any one who wants to pay up, or has a suggestion or comment. Just write to me at 1180 Alvarado SE, #114, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108. Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software.”
Wow. And now that you have hired ten programmers or more, you can fire them all because Windows sucks. Next computer I get is gonna be an Apple...
