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For those unaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis... > "Embrace, ex
by junon 5y ago
For those unaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
> "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE) . . . is a phrase that the U.S. Department of Justice found that was used internally by Microsoft to describe its strategy for entering product categories involving widely used standards, extending those standards with proprietary capabilities, and then using those differences in order to strongly disadvantage its competitors.
This is a completely valid reason to be concerned with these sorts of things now that GitHub is owned and operated by Microsoft. They continue these practices today, and GitHub is no exception.
- teekert 5y agoYou get downvoted but I also have that little voice in my head. I keep thinking about hitting a point of no return with my dependency on Microsoft. But I'm not there yet, I could untangle fairly quickly, fairly painlessly. Moreover, many of MS' recent stuff is FOSS, they can change it, but we can fork it. And competitors like GitLab are still alive and kicking, not suffering by the looks of it. But the little voice indeed remains.
- junon 5y agoYeah the downvotes don't surprise me, but their strategy has existed historically - proven, as it were - and thus I have to assume they still employ these tactics. At least from the outside, it sure seems so.
- teekert 5y agoTbh I think they have bettered themselves. I'm not so afraid of it. Companies can change, Satya is an admirable man, he always comes across as wise. Well, I guess the same could be said of Ballmer, some videos being a BIG exception of course. But it doesn't hurt to keep an eye on them ;)