"embrace, extend and extinguish" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Etymology: Formerly used internally by Microsoft. First described outside Microsoft in a 1996 New York Times article entitled "Microsoft Trying to Dominate the Internet". Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=embrace, extend and extinguish}} embrace, extend and extinguish
  1. A strategy of marketing that involves extending widely used standards of product categories with proprietary capabilities, and then using the differences to disadvantage its competitors. Wikipedia link: embrace, extend and extinguish Categories (topical): Marketing, Microsoft Synonyms: EEE
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