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Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

The "embrace, extend, and extinguish" strategy is introducing a technology compatible with competitors, extending that tech with proprietary additions, then using those differences to disadvantage competitors.

The "embrace, extend" phrase appeared in a 1996 New York Times article on Microsoft, and for a decade or two was considered Microsoft's de facto strategy.

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


A reminder in this context: Facebook Chat used to be very open and operate with XMPP compatability, but stopped at some point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9266769




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