Cringely On Gates' Free Software Connection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday November 20, 2001 @03:20PM from the getting-on-bob's-bad-side dept.

cworley writes: "Slashdot recently reported on Gates' paternity claims over Open Source at a recent shareholders meeting. Although Gates' actual statement didn't make a great deal of sense, it looked as an attempt to revise history to portray himself as the creator of Open Source by initiating the PC's open architecture (or reverse engineering the BIOS to wrestle exclusive control of PC system sales from IBM). In Cringely's weekly article, he attempts to find the truth in Gates' statement. IBM's Jack Sams provides an historical perspective of Gates' role in the genesis of the PC's open architecture. "

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how far will gates go to revise history? by e1en0r · 2001-11-20 15:43 · Score: 1, Troll

i wonder what microsoft encarta says about the origins of open source? if anything. would they go so far as to claim gates was the creator of it?
fuck me by posmon · 2001-11-20 22:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Steve Wozniak creating the Apple II as an open architecture with millions of users
...i always wondered where those cheap apple clones were coming from...

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