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labrador06/17/20251 replyview on HN

When did our industry not behave this way? In the 80's IBM was the predator, in the 90's it was Microsoft. It's actually refreshing to have 4 or 5 major players vying for dominance. Last century, it was 1 major player against the rest of us.


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labrador06/17/2025

It the 70's it was AT&T (Ma Bell) against the rest of us