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Re:We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need ... by dehrmann on Saturday January 11, 2020 @07:12PM (#22023411)
> this situation hasn't improved much in twenty years

It's gotten much worse. Now you have iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, wed, and Linux(?). In 2000, you had Windows. You couldn't do anything interesting on mobile, Web 2.0 (cringe) wasn't a thing, and Mac's market share was about 3%.

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Re:We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need ... by jeffmcmahan on Saturday January 11, 2020 @09:54PM (#22024154)
It's pretty weird to me to try to picture Microsoft's monopoly as a better situation than the current one?
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Re:We’re approaching the limits of computer power – we need ... by connicpu on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:25PM (#22024473)
I think the point they were trying to make is that in a world with platform monopoly, just making your app for that platform is a logical path for a developer
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