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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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takeda ◴[30 Mar 16 19:39 UTC] No.11392296[source]▶
Surprised I don't see anyone else mentioning this.

This looks to me like typical Microsoft strategy that they utilized a lot 25 years ago.

1. when not leader in given market, make your product fully compatible with competitor

2. start gaining momentum (e.g. why should I use Linux, when on Windows I can run both Linux and Windows applications)

3. once becoming leader break up compatibility

4. rinse and repeat

Happened with MS-DOS, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and others.

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1. nthcolumn ◴[31 Mar 16 11:34 UTC] No.11396366[source]▶
Yeah, embrace, extend, extinguish. I don't think it is about that though as they can easily be ignored now. I imagine that they are genuinely losing enterprise traction. If I were on windows I'd run some docker or a VM. I would NEVER compile g++ via openssh from Visual >BARF< Studio. Really in your enterprise you should have a macbook/chromebook on your desk (at home or in the office) and a linux server in the cloud. Unix everywhere now. Bye bye windoze.