News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists.

Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by RevRal on Friday October 16, 2009 @04:04PM (#886071)
The amount of royalties we have received from sales to hobbyists makes the time spent on Altair BASIC worth less than $2 an hour.

I once calculated my per hour wage from the work I did. About $1.50

Hang in there Bill!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by staunch on Friday October 16, 2009 @11:51PM (#886601)
His $2/hour in 1976 is ~$8/hour in 2009 dollars.
[ Parent | on HN ]