Moorshou@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agoHow bad is Microsoft?www.gnu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkHow bad is Microsoft?www.gnu.orgMoorshou@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up130arrow-down2·5 months agoEmbrace, extend, extinguish
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·5 months agoCame here to say this. They wrote the playbook that has spelled the end or at least shitification of so many standards, open-source or otherwise(but usually still free-to-use or at least cheap).
minus-squarezcd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·5 months agoThey also wrote the book on user-hostile everything
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoAnd set the bar super low for other tech companies
minus-squareelectricprism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoIIRC It’s on their Wikipedia
Embrace, extend, extinguish
Came here to say this. They wrote the playbook that has spelled the end or at least shitification of so many standards, open-source or otherwise(but usually still free-to-use or at least cheap).
They also wrote the book on user-hostile everything
And set the bar super low for other tech companies
IIRC It’s on their Wikipedia