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An Open Letter to Hobbyists" is a 1976 open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant software piracy taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.
An Open Letter to Hobbyists. To me, the most critical thing in the hobby market right now is the lack of good software courses, books and software itself. Without good software...
February 3, 1976. An Open Letter to Hobbyists. To me, the most critical thing in the hobby market right now is the lack of good software courses, books and software itself. Without good software and an owner who understands programming, a hobby computer is wasted. Will quality software be written for the hobby market?
Bill Gates argues that software must be paid for his iconic "Open Letter to Hobbyists" from 1976. Share story. By. Seattle Times staff. An Open Letter to Hobbyists. Feb. 3,...
May 21, 2020 · Original full text here. THIS is an annotated full reproduction of the infamous letter from Bill Gates (photograph above). February 3, 1976 An Open Letter to Hobbyists I was born to one of the most affluent and powerful families in the US (and the world), to Bill Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates *.
Apr 5, 2023 · He revealed that he wrote a letter to PC (personal computer) hobbyists in Computer Notes magazine, requesting them to pay for the software so he could hire more software engineers. “I’m glad I stood my ground, but if I could do it again, I would’ve probably toned it down a bit,” wrote the billionaire.
February 1976 – Bill Gates writes a strongly worded letter to the computer hobbyist community expressing the injustice Microsoft was experiencing. This injustice was created by Altair BASIC being copied and not purchased. Gates addresses this free exchange of software as “theft”. He explains that since so few copies of BASIC were ...
