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From: Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com>
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Subject: Re: GNOME/Freedesktop/redhat incompetent or malicious influence
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 12:40:55 -0400
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On 10/11/2024 14:36, rbowman wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:53:58 +0200, D wrote:
> 
>> Microsoft funding something they don't own, usually boils down to:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish .
> 
> In fairness Microsoft follows the same path for things they do own.
> Silverlight anyone?
> 

I always looked at Silverlight as a temporary technology until HTML5 was 
implemented. Microsoft did say that Silverlight was always a limited run 
technology when people started asking about where Silverlight would fit 
into the HTML5 era. So I don't think it was as much EEE as it was, just 
something to keep people busy until HTML5.

-- 
Phillip Frabott
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