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The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Convenience of Using Others’ Ideas

Is it really okay to “learn to build on the ideas of others,” just because Microsoft says so? Shouldn't we be cautious, especially given its past history of the "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" strategy it has used to dominate the market?

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    I would say 100% yes, else things would never evolve. Just my opinion!

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      For your information, there's an entire link to click on and read the full argument.

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      Use ≠ abuse. Is it ok for somebody to come home after work, tired and dedicate his time to writing a framework that you will just use for free, while his wife and kids are not able to get quality time with the dad? But for you, it's convenient to mindlesly run npm install, so that your venture can evolve and bring you profit, is that right?

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