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jan Wilejan

@osc @feditips "The Microsoft of the past used to Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish open source projects. The Microsoft of today Embraces, Extends open source projects and I can't wait to see what comes next!" 🙃 🤣

6 Jul 2023 at 0:31 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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jan Wilejan

@osc @feditips I was paraphasing you, silly. You said "Microsoft used to play dirty against open source projects" (that's the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish). You also said "[Microsoft] is now financing a ton of terrific open source projects" (that's Embrace, Extend). They haven't changed; they just haven't gotten to step 3 yet.

6 Jul 2023 at 0:41 | Open on fosstodon.org
tinkel

@osc @janWilejan @feditips

"Embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE), also known as "embrace, extend, and exterminate", is a phrase that the US DOJ used 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.

MS used that against web with intentionally broken and incompatible browser.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,

@osc @janWilejan @feditips

"Embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE), also known as "embrace, extend, and exterminate", is a phrase that the US DOJ used 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.

6 Jul 2023 at 9:08 | Open on mastodon.social
tinkel

@osc @janWilejan @feditips

1. Embrace: Development of software substantially compatible with a competing product, or implementing a public standard.

2. Extend: Addition and promotion of features not supported by the competing product or part of the standard, creating interoperability problems for customers who try to use the "simple" standard.

3. Extinguish: When extensions become a de facto standard, they marginalize competitors that do not or cannot support the new extensions

6 Jul 2023 at 9:12 | Open on mastodon.social
jan Wilejan

@tinkel I know what EEE means. why are you telling me this?

6 Jul 2023 at 12:01 | Open on fosstodon.org
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