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windowlikertoday at 12:19 PM1 replyview on HN

Is this another example of their old modus operandi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...

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riskabletoday at 1:46 PM

No. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish was replaced by the AAA strategy: Acquire, Assimilate, Abandon. They were trying to be more Google-like with that "Abandon" step I think.

They've since moved on to the SSS strategy: Ship, Slip, Slop.

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