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========================================================================= Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 11:39:55 -0500
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Robert Napier <rnapier@CISCO.COM>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates on Free Software
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On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 02:09:32AM -0600, Doug Yowza wrote: [From the Gates' letter]
>Almost a year ago, Paul Allen and myself, expecting the hobby market to expand, hired Monte Davidoff and developed Altair BASIC. Though the initial work took only two months, the three of us have spent most of the last year documenting, improving and adding features to BASIC. Now we have 4K, 8K, EXTENDED, ROM and DISK BASIC. The value of the computer time we have used exceeds $40,000.
The question I've always had about this paragraph is what computer time Gates is refering to. Is he saying that he or Micro-soft paid $40k to someone, or is he trying to apply timeshare machine charges to his hobby machines, or did he use $40k worth of system time for commercial gain without paying the owner of the system?
Rob
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Rob Napier <rnapier@cisco.com> -- Build Integration Group +=========================================================================+ PS: if you try to understand NET-GetURL your head will explode.
-- Jamie Zawinski on mozilla.general (as quoted by www.pcquest.com)
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Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Robert Napier <rnapier@CISCO.COM>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates on Free Software
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981206020539.30527B-100000@behemoth.host4u.net>;
from Doug Yowza on Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 02:09:32AM -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
On Sun, Dec 06, 1998 at 02:09:32AM -0600, Doug Yowza wrote: [From the Gates' letter]
>Almost a year ago, Paul Allen and myself, expecting the hobby market to expand, hired Monte Davidoff and developed Altair BASIC. Though the initial work took only two months, the three of us have spent most of the last year documenting, improving and adding features to BASIC. Now we have 4K, 8K, EXTENDED, ROM and DISK BASIC. The value of the computer time we have used exceeds $40,000.
The question I've always had about this paragraph is what computer time Gates is refering to. Is he saying that he or Micro-soft paid $40k to someone, or is he trying to apply timeshare machine charges to his hobby machines, or did he use $40k worth of system time for commercial gain without paying the owner of the system?
Rob
--
Rob Napier <rnapier@cisco.com> -- Build Integration Group +=========================================================================+ PS: if you try to understand NET-GetURL your head will explode.
-- Jamie Zawinski on mozilla.general (as quoted by www.pcquest.com)
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