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People forget how common this cycle reappears in tech. Jobs founded Apple in opposition to IBM culture alongside Wozniak the ultimate hobbyist tinkerer. Musk wa
by Apocryphon 3y ago
People forget how common this cycle reappears in tech. Jobs founded Apple in opposition to IBM culture alongside Wozniak the ultimate hobbyist tinkerer. Musk was lauded for open-sourcing Tesla’s patents, ten years ago. I’m sure even an up-and-coming Microsoft was seen as a “good guy” at the top of the ‘90s. Though some of this was just public posturing, of course.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoAll correct except the Microsoft part. They were never seen as the good guy, thanks to Gates' "Letter to Hackers" in the 80s. MS may have started small, but they were always about "let's make lots of money".
- varjag 3y agoI’m sure even an up-and-coming Microsoft was seen as a “good guy” at the top of the ‘90s. Uh, about that…
- Apocryphon 3y agoI said at the top of the decade, not at its end.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThe letter to hackers ("hobbyists") was actually from 1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists 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 3y agoMicrosoft was a broadly accepted villain throughout all 1990s, only a matter whether one despised or adored that.
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