Indeed, Microsoft already had the monopoly on desktop PC's when Linux took off so they could continue to hold it. Trying to compete in a new market against fre

Indeed, Microsoft already had the monopoly on desktop PC's when Linux took off so they could continue to hold it. Trying to compete in a new market against free was a much harder prospect (and they where not the only one, I had a Blackberry Playbook, it was for it's time an excellent device and the OS was intuitive and solid...it got murdered in the market). In fact unless you invent the category (iphone) you would be hard pressed to own it via the OS anymore.