Bill Gates, in his replyArquivado em 2010-11-30 no Wayback Machine after the public response to his own 1976 Open letter to hobbyists, said "Unfortunately, some of the companies I have talked to about microcomputer software are reluctant to have it distributed to the hobbyist, some of whom will steal it, when [...]".
Bill Gates, in his replyArquivado em 2010-11-30 no Wayback Machine after the public response to his own 1976 Open letter to hobbyists, said "Unfortunately, some of the companies I have talked to about microcomputer software are reluctant to have it distributed to the hobbyist, some of whom will steal it, when [...]".
"[...] the documents show that while Microsoft may be dismissive of open-source software in public, it considers it a serious competitor in private." – quote from the "Documents_I_and_II" subsection of Microsoft Halloween documents leak article
Bill Gates, in his replyArquivado em 2010-11-30 no Wayback Machine after the public response to his own 1976 Open letter to hobbyists, said "Unfortunately, some of the companies I have talked to about microcomputer software are reluctant to have it distributed to the hobbyist, some of whom will steal it, when [...]".