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Re:Show HN: git-peek – git repo to local editor instantly by rhn_mk1 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:50PM (#26110839)
it is a defensible position though, with countless examples. In the real world, mind share determines the fate of technology.

As the simplest example, take the monopoly of IE6 which was reinforced by web site makers who did not interoperate with other browsers because they expected the majority to use IE.

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Re:Show HN: git-peek – git repo to local editor instantly by eyelidlessness on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:55PM (#26110872)
I was one of those website makers and while I took great pains to support Netscape, I regret to inform you that Netscape was bad and the people who didn’t want to support it were right.

Edit: lest I forget, I also took great pains to support IE, which also was bad, and the people who didn’t want to support it were also right.

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