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German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Did you know horses were the only way to move around before cars?

Did you know the US airline industry, and AT&T phone system were a monopoly situation?

Do you remember when Dropbox, Docker were the only product that filled their niche spot?

So, no, monopoly does not always win.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Of course I remember. There is no too big to fail, too.

    But that does not mean it's not getting replaced by another one. That's also a pattern. Or maybe the meta game changes, someone else has money and invests and holds a lot of smaller players. Still.

    For docker it would be Kubernetes and that's Google.

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