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	Embrace and extend - Definition, explanation
		"Embrace, extend and extinguish" (EEE) is a scornful takeoff on this by Microsoft's critics, used to suggest that the stages of embracing and extending are only prefaces to extinguishing or supplanting existing work with Microsoft alternatives.
		Extinguish: Through various means, such as driving use of their extended standard through their server products and developer tools, they increase use of the proprietary extensions to the point that competitors who do not follow the Microsoft version of the standard cannot compete.
		First, Microsoft tried to extend it as Managed C++ in Visual C++.NET; however, this attempt was met with a lot of resistance as the managed extensions were poorly implemented and aesthetically unappealing.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/em/embrace_and_extend.php (953 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Embrace, extend and extinguish" (EEE) is a scornful takeoff on this by Microsoft's critics, used to suggest that the stages of embracing and extending are only prefaces to extinguishing or supplanting existing work with Microsoft alternatives.
		Extinguish: Through various means, such as driving use of their extended standard through their server products and developer tools, they increase use of the proprietary extensions to the point that competitors who do not follow the Microsoft version of the standard cannot compete.
		First, Microsoft tried to extend it as Managed C++ in Visual C++.NET; however, this attempt was met with a lot of resistance as the managed extensions were poorly implemented and aesthetically unappealing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish (809 words)

	Embrace and extend - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Embrace, extend and extinguish" (EEE) is a scornful takeoff on this by Microsoft's critics, used to suggest that the stages of embracing and extending are only prefaces to extinguishing or supplanting existing work, perhaps with less effective standards or work.
		"Embrace, extend, and extinguish" is a strategy based on the network effect, the idea that the value of a product to a potential customer increases as the number of customers who already use that product increases.
		The "embrace, extend, and extinguish" strategy seems to have had limited usefulness.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /embrace_and_extend.htm (1112 words)

	Embrace and extend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Extinguish: Through various means such as driving of their extended standard through their server and developer tools they increase use of proprietary extensions to the point that competitors do not follow the Microsoft version of standard cannot compete.
		Some observers suspect that Microsoft intends to EEE with the C# programming language by first getting many users for ECMA -standard version of the language which was designed as a successor to the popular programming language then later adding proprietary extensions removing support for the standards-based version.
		"Embrace extend and extinguish" is a strategy on the network effect the idea that the value of product to a potential customer increases as number of customers who already use that increases.
	www.freeglossary.com /Embrace,_extend,_extinguish (843 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Extend: They do support the standard, at least partially, but start adding Microsoft-only extensions of the standard to their products.
		Critic Eric S. Raymond has stated that these documents constitute incontrovertible proof of Microsoft's unfair business practices.
		The phrase "embrace, extend and extinguish" should be reserved for the particular strategy outlined above.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Embrace_and_extend (809 words)

	Embrace and extend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Critics of Microsoft say the company uses EEE to drive competitors out of business by forcing them to use inferior technology, while Microsoft controls the dominant technology.
		The phrase "embrace, extend and extinguish" should be reserved for the particular strategy outlined above; it would be inaccurate to apply the term to a subject such as Internet Explorer vs. Netscape Navigator.
		One could create a proprietary "clean-room" reimplementation -- a technique often used to create free software workalikes of proprietary programs -- but would have an uphill battle in a marketplace already flooded with the free implementation.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Embrace_and_extend (706 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Embrace, extend and extinguish
		Embrace, extend and extinguish: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Embrace, extend and extinguish
		Embrace, extend and extinguish is a phrase used to describe Microsoft Corporation's strategy toward Internet and other standards and was outlined in a series of memos known as the Halloween documents.
		Some observers suspect that Microsoft intends to do a similar thing to the C# programming language, by first getting many users for the ECMA-standard version of the language, then later adding proprietary extensions and removing support for the standards-based version.
	www.encyclopedian.com /em/Embrace,-extend,-extinguish.html (434 words)

	Philip Brittan's Blog: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish on the browser?
		It seems there is growing evidence that Microsoft may in fact performing a slow embrace, extend, extinguish on the Web browser.
		Embrace: When Netscape introduced the first commercial browser, along with the promise that the Web would make the desktop environment irrelevant, Microsoft quickly jumped to develop Internet Explorer and used a wide array of competitive tactics to ensure that IE grabbed overwhelming share of the market and eventually pushed Netscape out of business.
		Extend: For a while, Internet Explorer supported all the W3C standards for Web pages, but also added its own additional capabilities that let Web designers do things that the official standards did not support.
	weblogs.java.net /pub/wlg/550 (486 words)

	DaveNet : Embrace & Extend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Embrace & Extend means that Microsoft Word reads WordPerfect files.
		In order to Embrace & Extend you must first realize that other people create cool things, even people in your own family, even things you didn't expect.
		Embrace & Extend works well, especially when you're the platform vendor and depend on other developers investing in the platform.
	davenet.scripting.com /1996/05/23/embraceextend (516 words)

	Encyclopedia: Embrace, extend and extinguish
		The Microsoft standard then becomes the only standard that matters in practical terms (a de facto standard), because it allows the company to control the industry by controlling the standard.
		Ecma International - European association for standardising information and communication systems came into existence in 1994, when the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) changed its name in order to reflect the international activities of the organisation (the long form of ECMA was dropped then, and capitalization changed to reflect this).
		Bill Gates William Henry Gates III, KBE (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Embrace,-extend-and-extinguish (1697 words)

	Embrace and extend - Linux, BSD and open source information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Embrace and extend is a sometimes to describe (in particular) Microsoft's attitude to technology.
		However, Microsoft eventually realised the WWW would be huge, and quickly caught up by offering their browser, Internet Explorer for free, bundled with Windows, so there was little incentive to do a download or purchase Netscape as a second product.
		The cynic would argue that extending the technology normally means using proprietary extensions, to prevent other competitors from keeping up.
	www.asiaosc.org /enwiki/page/Embrace_and_extend.html (209 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish Information
		It is derived from the phrase "embrace and extend," which appeared in a motivational song by Microsoft employee Dean Ballard about the company's reorganization to meet competition from Internet software companies, particularly Netscape
		The more widely-used variation, "embrace, extend and extinguish", was first introduced in the United States v.
		The plaintiffs also accused Microsoft of using an "embrace and extend" strategy with regard to the Java platform, by omitting the Java Native Interface from its implementation and providing J/Direct for a similar purpose.
	www.bookrags.com /Embrace%2C_extend%2C_and_extinguish (473 words)

	Embrace And Extend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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	www.wikiverse.org /embrace-and-extend (831 words)

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		Microsoft, like many other companies in their heyday, has publicly stated that it aims to "embrace and extend" popular standards and existing work.
	www.lycos.com /info/embrace.html?page=2 (439 words)

	Synchronicity » Embrace, Extend, Extinguish…and Repeat
		At its core, the strategy of “embrace, extend, and extinguish” is a very simple idea.
		After some time passes and the now “extended” product also gains notoriety, Microsoft then introduces functionality specifically designed to limit the usefulness of competing products and proclaims their new “extended” implementation as the new open standard, although the implementation is no longer truly open and it is anything but standard.
		This was “embrace, extend, extinguish” in action…and there are plenty more examples where those came from.
	www.joshkagan.com /sync/?p=219 (624 words)

	Embrace and extend -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Embrace, extend and extinguish" (EEE) is a scornful takeoff on this by Microsoft's (Anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something) critics, used to suggest that the stages of embracing and extending are only prefaces to extinguishing or supplanting existing work with (perhaps inferior) Microsoft alternatives.
		Therefore, in the subject (An island in Indonesia south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions) Java vs. (Click link for more info and facts about.NET).NET, EEE would not strictly apply, either, because.NET is marketed under the Microsoft brand name.
		First, Microsoft tried to extend it as (Click link for more info and facts about Managed C++) Managed C++ in Visual C++.NET; however, this attempt was met with a lot of resistance as the managed extensions were poorly implemented and aesthetically unappealing.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /Encyclopedia/E/Em/Embrace_and_extend.htm (1093 words)

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	» Embracing and Extending Microsoft: JotSpot’s Joe Kraus on the Web Office \| Web 2.0 Explorer \| ZDNet.com
		The aim, Joe said, is for JotSpot Tracker to "embrace and extend Excel".
		But then extend it into what people are really trying to do in Excel, which is building an application.
		It is ironic that the ‘embrace and extend’ way of thinking is being used against Microsoft in this era of computing, albeit indirectly in the case of JotSpot.
	blogs.zdnet.com /web2explorer/?p=140 (1385 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish : Embrace, extend, and extinguish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Embrace, extend and extinguish : Embrace, extend, and extinguish
		terms defined : Embrace, extend and extinguish : Embrace, extend, and extinguish
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
	www.termsdefined.net /em/embrace,-extend,-and-extinguish.html (667 words)

	DaveNet : Embrace & Extend
		Embrace & Extend means that Microsoft Word reads WordPerfect files.
		In order to Embrace & Extend you must first realize that other people create cool things, even people in your own family, even things you didn't expect.
		Embrace & Extend works well, especially when you're the platform vendor and depend on other developers investing in the platform.
	www.scripting.com /davenet/1996/05/23/embraceextend.html (506 words)

	"Embrace and Extend", "Embrace and Extend"... Hmmmm... Why Does This Phrase Sound So Familiar? - ...
		It is simply unfortunate that because of Microsoft's user base when they extend a standard their technology becomes the de facto standard and all other providers then must struggle to reimplement.
		The problem with the "extend" bit has always been that it defeats the purpose of a standard, which is to enable interoperability, and with that create the grounds for innovation.
		The best way to extend a standard in general is to define within that standard an escape mechanism for allowing being able to go beyond the rules in a consistent manner.
	www.oreillynet.com /xml/blog/2006/06/embrace_and_extend_embrace_and.html (3299 words)

	Embrace, extend and extinguish - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Embrace, extend and extinguish is a term used to describe Microsoft Corporation's behavior toward Internet and other standards.
		The "embrace, extend and extinguish" technique was not a part of the Microsoft antitrust case, possibly because understanding it requires a technical sophistication uncommon in the legal field.
		Antitrust law traditionally revolves around business practices, not software design.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish (253 words)

	Special Report: Standards Rule - Business Strategy - Network Computing
		The second technique for hijacking a standard is to "embrace and extend" it.
		Embrace and extend is always self-serving, but in some cases it's wrong to assign a sinister motive to a vendor.
		Though still a case of embrace and extend, Microsoft did it to fill the need for a UI class library.
	www.networkcomputing.com /showArticle.jhtml?queryText=&articleID=190302859&pgno=2 (673 words)

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