[HN Gopher] How Microsoft Crushes Their Competitors
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       How Microsoft Crushes Their Competitors
        
       Author : oldschoolib
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-10-06 20:43 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | llimos wrote:
       | Slack is actually a terrible example of the phenomenon, because
       | they had a messaging app as part of Office since 2007 with
       | Microsoft Communicator. Slack only existed since 2013.
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       | A much better example IMO is the Power Platform, which might end
       | up being the default no-code/low-code solution for the enterprise
       | simply by dint of being bundled. Though it's not a true bundling
       | either - they charge extra for doing anything more than the
       | basics, which might be enough to get them out of antitrust
       | trouble.
        
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