kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoLinux is the reason Windows apps are bloated these daysimagemessage-square231linkfedilinkarrow-up1845arrow-down139
arrow-up1806arrow-down1imageLinux is the reason Windows apps are bloated these dayskirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square231linkfedilink
minus-squaregwl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoBut that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem
minus-square 🏴حمید پیام عباسی🏴@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, 1998 was definitely a time where Microsoft wasn’t going to do that. They were (and are) in embrace, extend, extinguish mode
minus-squaregwl@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf anything they’ve ramped up on the EEE mode
But that’s cause it wasn’t FOSS, but instead a privately owned closed-source app
If an open standard was set, and agreed upon by most, then nobody would sue anyone
Heck, many Linux distros come with a browser preinstalled, but use a FOSS one to not hit that legal problem
Yeah, 1998 was definitely a time where Microsoft wasn’t going to do that. They were (and are) in embrace, extend, extinguish mode
If anything they’ve ramped up on the EEE mode
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