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But as you say, Unix vendors could just implement these features. That's not how Microsoft would have employed its infamous tactic.
by vanviegen 6y ago
But as you say, Unix vendors could just implement these features. That's not how Microsoft would have employed its infamous tactic.
- pjmlp 6y agoI am yet to see Microsoft sue WINE for example. Any C compiler vendor (even commercial ones) does language extensions, mob => pushing the language forward. Microsoft does C compiler with language extensions, mob => get your pitchforks.
- stinos 6y agoSimilar for vendor lock-in. While very real, it wouldn't be the first time reading topics where the general sentiment is 'oh you poor Apple/MS/RedHat/Visual Studio/... user you're getting locked in, all hope lost' being written by people who don't recognize they are themselves following that principle merely by sticking to one particular OS/editor/debugger/...