Bill Gates on Microsoft Bob, patents and bioterrorism - Puget Sound Business Journal

Strange days indeed

"The balance of patented technology paying for free technology is similar to open-source and closed software, Gates said.
“Thank God for commercial software; it funds salaries and gives people jobs,” Gates said. “And thank God for free software; it gets things out there.”
But all in all, he said, the mix of commercial and freely released technology works well."

Bill Gates on Microsoft Bob, patents and bioterrorism - Puget Sound Business Journal