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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Borland? by gavinray on Friday December 10, 2021 @03:38PM (#29515182)
And to their credit they've been fantastically successful. I enjoy many things in my day-to-day life by Microsoft provided "free" of charge.

Take that for what you will.

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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Borland? by quickthrower2 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:46AM (#29519507)
Thank Linus and RMS not Microsoft. They were forced to play catchup with the free/open source movement.
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Re:Ask HN: What Happened to Borland? by anonymousiam on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:49PM (#29515863)
So what I left out of my comment are the ethical implications of doing whatever you want, as long as there's no law against it. Many behaviors are unethical, while still (for the time being) legal.
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