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		WalterBright on Nov 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon execs intentionally made site shittier to r... Microsoft also bundled a text editor (EDLIN). It didn't impair anybody else from writing and selling editors. They also included a programming language (BASIC) for free. Didn't impair other language creators.

miah_ on Nov 3, 2023 [–]

Nobody did word processing in edlin.

The version of basic included with most computers didn't allow you to compile your program.

WalterBright on Nov 3, 2023 | [–]

There were innumerable code text editors for DOS.

Besides, what you're saying is people wrote better replacements for the bundled stuff. Netscape, however, was worse than Explorer.

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