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I understand how EEE is supposed to work. My claim is that it doesn't actually work, at least not for this use case. So for my argument, SourceSafe vs. Git is

by geofft 5y ago

I understand how EEE is supposed to work. My claim is that it doesn't actually work, at least not for this use case. So for my argument, SourceSafe vs. Git is a great example. :-) You simply can't keep up with a proprietary tool that does its own stuff. You have to use Git. Microsoft tried having a custom version of Git for Windows OS development, and decided that they weren't even able to get themselves to fall for the trap - they ended up getting involved in upstream Git development and turning all their extensions into standard features. There are definitely cases where if you control the platform you can control what people are doing. I'm arguing that Microsoft has no actual effective control of the platform here.

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didibus 5y ago
EEE doesn't have to work to be considered anti-competitive. The intent is nefarious, it's trying to attract people by offering a veneer of good grace and good intentions, only to capitalize on it once you've attracted a strong enough user base that you can get away with closing things down, squeezing things in, and calling the shots. So it be great if their proprietary remote extensions fail and they are forced to open-source them and make them a standard, but clearly the intent right now is that they don't fail and it gives them a leverage over their competitors.