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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by than3 on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @05:03PM (#35807773)
Microsoft is no better than an accounting firm at this point. The only reason they are still around is because of the data collection from spying on their users, and malign and coercive practices that are illegal but remain unenforced probably due to some backroom deal they made regarding the former.

They had a few good ideas early on, and now that open source isn't patent bound (not gonna get into the rediculousness of UI software patents that have been granted where they never met that bar of novel, useful, and non-obvious [grouping items is somehow non-obvious?]).,

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by bobbylarrybobby on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:32PM (#35808696)
No, the reason they're around is because probably 95% of businesses in the US rely on their software in one form or another.
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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by than3 on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:04PM (#35809550)
Bobby,

If you take that statement you just made, and take it just one step further, asking a why is that when they haven't really innovated in 20+ years?

The realistic answer to that is exactly what I just said. Alternate revenue streams.

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