Ok so a better example of what you describe might be vscode.
A classic example is ActiveX.
Nah, even that was based on earlier MS technologies - OLE and COM
A good starter list of EEE plays is on the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
> Examples by Microsoft
> Browser incompatibilities
> The plaintiffs in an antitrust case claimed Microsoft had added support for ActiveX controls in the Internet Explorer Web browser to break compatibility with Netscape Navigator, which used components based on Java and Netscape's own plugin system.
You meant they used ActiveX in an EEE play in the browser wars.