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> Sun had an unhealthy Microsoft obsession. I think basically everyone did back then. There was a pervasive understanding that if you were small enough, Micros
by munificent 6y ago
> Sun had an unhealthy Microsoft obsession.
I think basically everyone did back then. There was a pervasive understanding that if you were small enough, Microsoft would use underhanded business practices to crush you if you became a threat. If you made a compelling product, Microsoft would clone it and use their might to make it win.
It felt like taking a pottery class with a grizzly bear in the room. Really hard to be like, "I should just make the prettiest bowl I can" when you know at a moment's notice your head might be swiped off.