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Apocryphon on Jan 19, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mourning Google

I said at the top of the decade, not at its end.

PaulDavisThe1st on Jan 19, 2024 | [–]

The letter to hackers ("hobbyists") was actually from 1976:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

Microsoft were never the good guys, not in the 80s, not in the 90s, not ever.

varjag on Jan 19, 2024 | [–]

Microsoft was a broadly accepted villain throughout all 1990s, only a matter whether one despised or adored that.

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