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Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by ScottWhigham on Friday October 16, 2009 @04:55PM (#886151)
It stands the test of time - 33 years later, developers are still complaining about the same things. I found that rather amusing - so much has changed yet much is still the same.

If you believe anything out of the BSA, last year was a record year with more than $50 billion in software piracy: http://global.bsa.org/globalpiracy2008/index.html

Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by nkassis on Friday October 16, 2009 @05:30PM (#886213)
I don't believe anything they say so... how much was really stolen?