When computer OEM's were complaining that MS made them pay a fee for each computer sold, regardless if it had an MS OS installed, they should blame themselves. Reason? Those same OEMs were cheating on their reporting to MS what computer had an MS OS installed in order to pay less. Hence, MS simply priced DOS as flat cost per computer sold. MS even lowered the price per computer.
These facts are never presented in the anti-MS argument.
No, you they bought off.
It's the people who refused to be bought off by MS that get coerced.
It's funny. For years, people outside MS's cloud have been telling MS workers that MS's behavior is criminal. Ya'll refused to agree, said MS just used "tough business tactics". Now the court has made it clear -- that kind of behavior is illegal. Anti-capitalistic. MS has attacked the free market.
I don't expect you to quit your job. But I am amazed ya'll can't even admit the truth, even after a conviction. I am amazed that ya'll seem completely unwilling to criticize MS for their illegal behavior, completely unwilling to try and change the company you seem to "love".
But even without the conviction, it's still a mystery how ya'll seem completely unconcerned about the unethical methods used by MS. Beyond f the legal questions, ya'll e heard for years complaints about MS using coercion, fraud, threats, force and purposeful breach of contract against other companies.
This is illegal behavior. I can't even imagine what goes thru Mr. Gate's mind when he decides to start threatening Apple because they're considering using Netscape, or start threatening Dell into dropping BeOS or Linux.
He must know that behavior is illegal, and is not 'business'. He must just not care about the law or business. As long as he makes his money, he'd cheat every rule in the books, destroy as many honest businesses as it takes to pave his road to success. Crime pays.
But the biggest mystery of all is, why does the average MS worker ignores this behavior by Mr. Gates?