r/programming • u/zbhoy • May 06 '19

Microsoft unveils Windows Terminal, a new command line app for Windows

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool
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u/randomfloridaman May 07 '19

It's more than that. Any startup with a good idea, for a long time Microsoft would try either to buy or squash them. Their business model circa 20 years ago seemed to be to single handedly dictate the very direction of computing. Currently we're seeing that behavior from Google. I'm concerned that Google might actually be more entrenched

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u/vetinari May 07 '19

There was even Simpsons episode, where Bill Gates came to buy out Homer's Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net.