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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I used Windows back then (edit - and MSDOS before that). There was already EEE as far back as Netscape Navigator and they are far from the only example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Then there is the whole "they stole from Apple who stole from Xerox" before that.

Essentially - at every juncture where MS has had competition, they have behaved poorly. "Linux is a cancer." Sure thing, Ballmer.

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