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Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by whughes on Friday October 16, 2009 @10:59PM (#886555)
Your rephrasing doesn't make any sense. Bill Gates wants to convince people that hobbyism can't create good software, and he needs the money. Why should the audience (pirates) care about whether hobbyists make a living, as long as they get their software?
Re:Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists by borism on Saturday October 17, 2009 @03:46AM (#886752)
I was replying to a misconception that somehow today thousands of open source contributors can make a living by simply being that. That's not the case with 99% of open source developers I know.