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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | 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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1. Paradigma11 ◴[02 Apr 16 10:38 UTC] No.11411022[source]▶
Because they changed their position and direction. This was a necessary, rational and defendable choice and not some hollow marketing gag.

The company would be worse off if they do not stick to this direction and start backstabbing. It is bad enough that companies are legal persons, let's not anthropomorphize them even more into irrational evil villains that hold grudges.