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Forty-four years ago another guy felt the same anger towards a closed-source printer driver, and he started a movement that actually did end Microsoft's strangl
by tshirttime 3y ago
Forty-four years ago another guy felt the same anger towards a
closed-source printer driver, and he started a movement that actually
did end Microsoft's stranglehold.
- nickelpro 3y agoWhat stranglehold do you imagine MS had in 1980, prior to shipping a single DOS install? Android Linux and iOS are what killed MS's stranglehold on consumer electronics. GNU is a footnote in the history of MS's rise and fall in the space.