This made Bill Gates furious and he went on and wrote an open letter to the computer community denouncing piracy. He had two problems: that Draper had stolen a tape and copied it, and that the tape that he had gotten hold of was an early buggy version, making Altair BASIC look bad. |
This made Bill Gates furious and he went on and wrote an open letter to the computer community denouncing piracy. He had two problems: that Draper had stolen a tape and copied it, and that the tape that he had gotten hold of was an early buggy version, making Altair BASIC look bad. See also: * Bill Gates' open letter: http://www.tranquileye.com/cyber/1976/gates_open_letter_to_hobbyists.html |