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    14 days ago

    they were trying to make a windows alternative since microsoft was using their leverage w windows to make corel lose money and courts were doing little more than slapping microsoft on the wrist for doing it.

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      14 days ago

      I find it reminiscent to what Valve is doing with SteamOS and Proton today. That is, establishing a viable alternative to MS Windows through using Wine/Proton in order to not be reliant on a competitor for running their software.

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        13 days ago

        Just keep in mind that value can lock you in any day. Steam is proprietary after all.

        We don’t need wildly successful companies. We need options and completion