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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 58 points 6 months ago (9 children)

“You can’t steal that public data! We stole it first!”

And considering that’s exactly what Microsoft did to Apple with point and click, what irony!

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh really? **Rabbit hole unlocked

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFcb-XF1RPQ

The relevant part of Pirates of Silicon Valley. After which you should watch the whole thing. It’s fan fiction, but it’s the best explanation of what happened between Apple and Microsoft leading into the 1990s.

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