In around 2002, my father and I owned a computer assembly and repair business in a small town about 200 miles away from London, UK. We were doing just under $1

In around 2002, my father and I owned a computer assembly and repair business in a small town about 200 miles away from London, UK. We were doing just under $1.5m in revenue a year. I was just 22 years old. We had a few large clients that were contributing to the bulk of our revenue. Life was good. I can't get into the details of exactly how it happened because I dont want to open a new legal case or anything, but Microsoft used similar intimidation tactics to drive my father and I out of business, despite the fact that legally we hadnt done anything wrong. We got really scared. We were a small company and I was very young and we had no financial muscle comparative to Microsoft and as a result of the bad publicity etc, we lost our major clients anyhow. Microsoft drove us into the ground. A year before that, we had a major University in the UK as a client that defaulted on a payment for a large volume of inventory and left us to pick up the tab. Thankfully it didn't kill the business, but it certainly brought it to the teetering edge. This is how many larger institutions destroy the small player and why so many are afraid of going into Entrepreneurship. He has the most financial clout often tends to win. I have many other stories from other associates I could share too, but we really need people to step forward that have legal experience that can help the small player that doesnt have the financial clout for taking on the big boys, not to mention regulation needs to change but im not so hopeful for that. Just thought I'd share. I've not mentioned this anywhere public in over 15 years.