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		mwcampbell on Sept 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so compl... > I worry that we are seeing similar tactics being deployed by other entities in an effort to grab control of the Linux ecosystem. Can you explain what you're talking about here?

digi_owl on Sept 11, 2016 [–]

Typing everything into a single core middleware that changes too often to have its interfaces reliably cloned.

Thus whoever controls the agenda for the middleware controls the ecosystem (or have effectively forked it).

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