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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by smashing on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @04:31PM (#4325492)
Except that it won't, i.e. Microsoft in the 90's and Apple on the iOS/Mac platform. Businesses will follow the markets which have the greatest opportunity to turn over profit. In fact Microsoft used to call their relationship an "ecosystem" because like a predator they would gobble up or crush the smaller players.
Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by pfraze on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @05:27PM (#4325843)
Yeah, but that's why linux caught on.

That said, the real difference is that Microsoft's platform was better. It offered more power for less risk.