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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is the story of non-free software. Software was mostly given and traded openly until good 'ol Bill Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Gates had a point. Everyone was spending thousands on hardware but wouldn't spend a little more for Basic. There were free options, they weren't poor ( computer hardware was very expensive in the 70's), but everyone was using Basic without buying it.

It's like today where people will spend thousands for a gaming PC, then complain about Windows when they should be using Linux.

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But it's literally reversed now? Windows is the only consumer-grade paid OS and it's also the worst consumer-grade OS.

Bill Gates promised higher software quality and then delivered an OS, which has pretty much as its only quality that other software targets it.