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gh02t 34 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on di...

And they got that position of dominance more via shady deals and sketchy practices than by producing excellent software. Microsoft has done some good engineering, but that's not what made them what they are.

wvenable 34 days ago | [–]

I disagree. Microsoft software was some of the best. Maybe not because their quality was excellent but because their competition was easily worse.

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