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I remember when Microsoft was on trial for abusing its monopoly, they ran ads with Bill Gates saying they needed to be able to "innovate"—a euphemism for their
by niccaluim 10y ago
I remember when Microsoft was on trial for abusing its monopoly, they ran ads with Bill Gates saying they needed to be able to "innovate"—a euphemism for their famous tactic of embrace, extend, and extinguish. Funny to see people using the same language here. I'm guessing I'm not the only one who was writing software in the '90s and still has a bad taste in their mouth from that word.
- lokedhs 10y agoI was in the same position in the 90's, and I completely agree with you. Microsoft kept using that word all the time every time they opened their mouths. Its popularity may have been going down somewhat so I wonder if it was being pushed by Ballmer. A random quote from the first Google result for "ballmer interview": "I still think it’s very important to do the right kind of innovative integration across Windows and our hardware platforms with our cloud services."