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Strongly disagree. Companies like Computer Associates were exploiting vendor lock-in on products like databases via their M&A strategy for decades.
by pnw 3y ago
Strongly disagree. Companies like Computer Associates were exploiting vendor lock-in on products like databases via their M&A strategy for decades.
- letsdothisagain 3y agoYeah this guy has rose coloured glasses. Remember when Java and MySQL weren't owned by Oracle? I do.
- Supermancho 3y agoHow about not talking past each other and declaring victory? The majority of software, prior to the internet, were necessarily optional. There were corporate lock-ins. These are not the software most people purchased/owned. 2000-2005, the biggest automatic updates that consumers had to deal with were Windows (Office, OS, etc) updates and games. Valve's Steam, which had come into prevalence (notably Counterstrike:Source), World of Warcraft, etc. By 2008 (Google Chrome), automatic updates were common. I would say the ship had sailed by 2005. Yes, this is 1 full generation ago.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]