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Re:Ask HN: In which areas have you compared 3+ tools and for... by grrdotcloud on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:27PM (#36959264)
The majority of software I have come across can be put into three categories:

The first is the 'de facto', which are widely adopted for various reasons, mostly marketing, market share, and marketing.

The second is the "alternative" options that serve as alternatives to the previously mentioned choices.

The remaining software falls into the third category, where the focus is on implementing improvements to the other two categories.

Re:Ask HN: In which areas have you compared 3+ tools and for... by thih9 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:40PM (#36959495)
What are the benefits of categorizing software this way? Does this help in forming preferences?