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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.261s | 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. randiantech ◴[31 Mar 16 14:54 UTC] No.11397608[source]▶
If any software company would decide to use the same strategy adopted 25 years ago, then all of them would horribly fail. Context is different, mission and vision as well. I honestly dont see how is this similar to any of the examples you mention. This is MS targeting developers like me that decided to buy an MBP over a Windows laptop (In my case: A MBP over an XPS). IF I would have bash, I'd buy XPS.