People actually think “embrace, extend, and extinguish” (#EEE) was a fun slogan created by open source advocates, and was never meant to be taken literally.
That’s not the case.
Microsoft made that phrase up, not open source advocates. And they meant it literally, not figuratively. When they said “extinguish”, this wasn’t an exaggeration. They really did mean it.
@atomicpoet since then, regulatory law has weakened even further the USA.
Based on the Wikipedia article, EEE is successful sheerly by marginalizing the competition (see screenshot), not totally eradicating it.
And even if we went with the definition you're using, and we assume this is never happened before, I don't feel comfortable assuming a company will never do this or attempt it.
@nus Of course companies will try EEE again. No one is disputing that. Nor is anyone disagreeing that attempts at EEE are harmful.
But I don't think most attempts at EEE have ever been successful, not even at marginalization.
Internet Explorer 6 is as successful as EEE will ever be. It's the only web browser to ever achieve 97% marketshare. No other browser is likely to do that again.
But that success was temporary. Internet Explorer is dead.
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