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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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you also read that he taught himself code by reading out print outs in the trash? He wanted to close that ability to learn. Shut that open stuff down and make licenses, while he himself learned from others.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Didn't he come from a stupidly rich family and had access to a computer (at a time when it was like having access to a helicopter) whenever he wanted to learn and fiddle around? Isn't that where he got the print outs?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

No. He's a nepo baby.