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radar.oreilly.com - 12/25/2008
Admiring Bill Gates
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Dare I say this on O'Reilly Radar? I admire Bill Gates. If I had a vote for Person of the Year, Gates would get mine. Let me explain why. This year, Gates made an important and potentially difficult transition at age 52, leaving Microsoft as CEO and devoting more of his time and energy to ...

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My Software Is Being Pirated
codinghorror.com - 12/27/2008
My Software Is Being Pirated
— codinghorror.com — If you're at all familiar with computer history, you might have heard of Bill Gates' famous 1976 letter to the Homebrew Computer Club . The letter was written to address rampant piracy of Bill's earliest product, Altair BASIC , which was being ... (more) My Software Is Being Pirated

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arstechnica.com - 12/19/2008
Gates Foundation to help libraries be better free 'net cafes
— arstechnica.com — Public libraries have become one of the most prominent sources of free, public broadband access, and the economic crisis has only boosted that role. Libraries are having their own problems answering the demand for broadband and upgrading equipment, ... (more) Gates Foundation to help libraries be better free 'net cafes

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Linkpost | 12.25.2008
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