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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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dukoid ◴[30 Mar 16 17:01 UTC] No.11390860[source]▶
1. embrace
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gvb ◴[30 Mar 16 17:16 UTC] No.11391000[source]▶
1. Embrace is good.

2. Extend can be good if done openly and collaboratively, as opposed to closed and hidden.

3. Extinguish - Here be dragons.

I'm hopeful the New Kinder Gentler Microsoft stays on steps 1. and 2. (done collaboratively).

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Grishnakh ◴[30 Mar 16 19:18 UTC] No.11392135[source]▶
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Microsoft has been trying to extinguish their competition for decades now; what makes you think they're going to be different this time?
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orf ◴[30 Mar 16 19:56 UTC] No.11392427[source]▶
And what makes you think they will do the same? Fact is you have no idea, and all signs point to a more open MS that has learned that simply throwing their weight around won't work anymore.
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1. Grishnakh ◴[30 Mar 16 20:19 UTC] No.11392632[source]▶
>And what makes you think they will do the same?

Decades of history, and their own self-interest.

>Fact is you have no idea

Sure I do. They've acted this way for decades, under various different management. To think they're suddenly going to become some nice, ethical company is sheer lunacy.

>and all signs point to a more open MS that has learned that simply throwing their weight around won't work anymore.

What signs? I haven't seen any. They've done stuff just like this before, and it always turned out badly.