Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by Dylan16807 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:37PM
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You can compete without working to convert an ecosystem from standardized to proprietary. If that happens it becomes much harder for anyone else to compete, and the end result is reduced competition.
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Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by oblio on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:53PM
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That's what most companies do, though.
"Differentiate your product."
"Let's build an IP portfolio."
"We don't want to be the dumb pipe."
"Build a moat around the product."
"Don't let yourself be commoditized."
Etc.
All that coded or not so coded business language says the same thing: make it proprietary/uncopyable and make money off of it.
Re:SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code
by Dylan16807 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:05PM
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It's much less of an issue if you make your own new thing be proprietary. It causes problems when you co-opt an existing market. It really causes problems when you're devoting external resources to conquering the market and once you do so you stop caring very much about improving any more.