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> I'd argue you can see the hostility if you compare shipping to Windows vs shipping to Apple.

Windows has had 3rd party developers built into its DNA since the beginning though. Even today, Windows goes to great lengths to maintain backwards compatibility. I think this comes from the fact that MS has always been a software first company built around market domination.



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