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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by hulitu on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @12:38PM (#44379236)
> What happened to pride or quality control or anything?

We are talking about Microsoft here.

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Re:Microsoft Releases Classic MS-DOS Editor for Linux Writte... by hnlmorg on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:18AM (#44394138)
Exactly. Their software has always been shit.

Microsoft didn’t become dominant because of the quality of their software. They became dominant because they knew how to run a an aggressively successful business better than their competitors.

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