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> They seem to be very focused on giving developers what they need, but only to a point. This may be a consequence of the consent decree they signed in the ear
by chiph 6y ago
> They seem to be very focused on giving developers what they need, but only to a point.
This may be a consequence of the consent decree they signed in the early 2000's, where it was alleged that they used their control of Windows APIs to further Internet Explorer market share at the expense of other browsers. Since then they have had to be careful not to act like a monopoly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....