When 20-Year-Old Bill Gates Fought the World's First Software Pirates
Published: (February 1, 2026 at 02:22 PM EST)
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Source: Slashdot
Source: Slashdot
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: Just months after his 20th birthday, Bill Gates had already angered the programmer community, “remembers this 50th‑anniversary commemoration of Gates’ Open Letter to Hobbyists.” As the first home computers began appearing in the 1970s, the world faced a …