Time was when Microsoft executives thought nothing about publicly dissing open-source software as distinctly un-American.
Everyone has their pet theories. Some even drew a direct line back to the company’s early days dating to 1976, when co-founder Bill Gates published an open letter chiding hobbyists for using Microsoft’s Altair Basic program without paying for the product.
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