Instead, Sun breaks every bribery law to get politicians to beat down Microsoft instead of competing to win against them. Of course, Microsoft stands very tall despite the setting Sun, because Microsoft does have products people are willing to pay for.
Do you really think that the Windows OS is the only revenue generating product of Microsoft? Microsoft: 200+ products in 100+ countries.
P.S. I just looked at Solaris 9. Funny thing. They are including auto-update as a new feature. Considering that the feature has been around for Microsoft products for years, is Sun going to tout that as "innovation"?
I think that MS doesn't make but a tiny fraction of their sales to consumers. 90% of MS's sales are to OEM's, retailers and corporate IT shops.
And MS is very, very guilty of using coercion to keep those from offering consumers other choices. A mountain of evidence was reviewed by MS-friendly appeals and Supreme courts.
Certainly, crime pays.
And if you're trying to sell the line that MS is the "innocent victim of a vast anti-MS conspiracy", you're going to have to go speak to other MS 'strategic partners' for sympathy.
Because pretty much everyone *not* fiscally tied to MS sees their criminal behavior!