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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | 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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megablast ◴[31 Mar 16 01:28 UTC] No.11394392[source]▶
I wonder how they are going to work ads into the command line?
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qb45 ◴[31 Mar 16 06:50 UTC] No.11395423[source]▶
I thought everybody has seen this "vi assistant" gif by now...
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1. robertcorey ◴[31 Mar 16 15:18 UTC] No.11397782[source]▶
could you link to this?