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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

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