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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by ModernMech on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:15AM (#18032153)
Uh, Microsoft's nickname in the 90s was the "Evil Empire".
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:26PM (#18033637)
Nah, IBM was still the "Evil Empire" in the first half of the '90s, IIRC. They did things that make Microsoft and Google look like saints.

Microsoft didn't take over the Evil Empire title until the late '90s, IMO.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by sureaboutthis on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:19AM (#18033082)
That was after the fact.
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