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The main reasons are: 1. The monopoly in desktops is old and considered waning. 2. It is the only competition for the others in some areas (Azure for AWS, Bin
by omarhaneef 7y ago
The main reasons are:
1. The monopoly in desktops is old and considered waning.
2. It is the only competition for the others in some areas (Azure for AWS, Bing for Google) so we kind of want it around.
3. Also, it charges for services so, perhaps, it doesn't need to advertise. (Pros and cons)
- mrweasel 7y ago>1. The monopoly in desktops is old and considered waning. Yet their desktop monopoly is as strong as it ever was. I think people just lost interest in the desktop. Still I don't think there's a point to breaking up Microsoft, there's not much to gain. They aren't really misusing their desktop monopoly. People can actually picks alternatives, if they really wanted, both for the desktop, and the applications they run. We're no longer locked into paying Microsoft, most just choose to do so regardless of their options.
- jay_kyburz 7y agoI think OSX has made some signifiant inroads in some circles. I don't agree that windows is "as strong as it ever was". Still very strong though. In my industry, games, Windows is 96% (70% is windows 10, 20% windows 7)
- dwaltrip 7y agoI'm wondering how much desktop / laptop OS competition (and thus hopefully quality) would increase if Microsoft was broken up...