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[–] 44 points 2 years ago* (2 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

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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