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What exactly is the benefit of removing the word "How" from the title, "How Microsoft lost the API War"?

I believe HN does it automatically, although it probably shouldn't

Where this causes an issue with a title, email the mods: hn@ycombinator.com

(I've NOT done so in this case as we're now 4 days on, but anyone else is welcome to do so, and titles can be changed fairly late in the game.)