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Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by wstrange on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:02PM (#10592652)
I think that strategy reaped them billions, and continues to do so (the Office franchise is still a money printing press).
Re:Visual Studio Code is now open source by simoncion on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:09PM (#10592685)
Yep.

It's abundantly clear that their slimeball strategies worked very well for them for at least twenty years. In the computing industry, twenty years is a very long time. :)