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30 Years Since Gates’ “An Open Letter to Hobbyists”

It’s been 30 years (as of February 3) since the letter Bill Gates wrote as a 20 year old, critical of piracy, titled “An Open Letter to Hobbyists” was published in the Homebrew Computer Club newsletter. Check it out.

“Most directly, the thing you do is theft.”

Right on.

Via Nathan via Slashdot.

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