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   Bill Gates

   In February 1976, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists in the MITS newsletter saying that MITS could not continue to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software without payment. ... ↑ Gates, Bill.
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   Criticism of Microsoft

   When Microsoft discovered that its first product, Altair BASIC, was subject to widespread illegal copying, Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists that openly accused many hobbyists of stealing software.
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   Open Letter to Hobbyists

   The Open Letter to Hobbyists was an open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the rampant copyright infringement taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.
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   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

   ↑ Bill Gates Gives $122M for D.C. Scholarships.. ... Gates, Rockefeller foundations join to fight hunger in Africa 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer article.
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   TRS-80 Model 100 line

   According to Gates, "part of my nostalgia about this machine is this was the last machine where I wrote a very high percentage of the code in the product". ... ↑ Gates, Bill.
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   Hacker ethic

   As a result, Gates wrote an Open Letter to Hobbyists. ... Bill Gosper - Mathematician and hacker.
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   Bill Gates' house

   The residence occupies 66,000 square feet (6,100 m2) on a 5.15 acres (20,800 m2) lot. ... Video tour of Bill Gates' house
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   Domestic robot

   In 2006, Bill Gates wrote an article titled "A Robot in Every Home" discussing the significant potential for robots (including domestic robotis) being accepted by society.
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   Jack Thompson (attorney)

   As the debate continued, Thompson wrote, "An industry that says a line cannot be drawn will be drawn and quartered." ... Thompson also sent a letter to Bill Gates, saying, "Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable (for) the harm done at Virginia Tech.
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    Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal

    By May 10, 1999, the Choctaw had paid $1.3 million to Reed via Preston Gates, for various grassroots activities relating to the dog-track bill, as well as opposing an Alabama state lottery. ... In mid-June, Doolittle wrote a letter to Norton complaining that the tribe's casino was wrongly shut down because the Bureau of Indian Affairs had refused to recognize a newly elected tribal council.

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