ironic (Score 1)

"I realized the value of third party support when I saw that the Intel 8080 software quickly became better than minicomputer equivalents simply because so many companies were building and sharing software tools. It is for this reason that Microsoft has always made its product very open."

From "A trend toward softness", a story written by Bill Gates, published in 1984.

See http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n11/121_ A_trend_toward_softness.php