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Post #1985392
2026-04-30 07:28 UTC
@nothings @pervognsen point being, MS especially in the 90s was a fucking nightmare, but this case in particular hinged on a very bullshit-y software patent
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@nothings@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-30 07:56
@rygorous @pervognsen I mean, "what they did to Stac" was about the fact that IIRC MS started to acquire Stac and/or Stacker, looked at Stacker's source code for due diligence, then chose not to acquire and instead released a competing product. While this COULD be totally innocent, it's not a good look, especially in the face of all the other stuff that they were doing.