I have little sympathy for any Microsfot product that gets bullied in this manner. Christ, this has all the oldie hits of microsoft:
- embrace and extend standards
- secret apis
- advocate for standards, then drop them for proprietary ones
- perform hidden changes that make competitors look bad
- then tout your advantages loudly
The only thing missing is outright paying people to not support your competitors.
Firefox, however, I feel bad for. Nerd advocacy was partially responsible for Chrome's rise to popularity, but the time has come to advocate for Firefox.
- embrace and extend standards - secret apis - advocate for standards, then drop them for proprietary ones - perform hidden changes that make competitors look bad - then tout your advantages loudly
The only thing missing is outright paying people to not support your competitors.
Firefox, however, I feel bad for. Nerd advocacy was partially responsible for Chrome's rise to popularity, but the time has come to advocate for Firefox.