I agree with you. Microsoft plays a long game. Through giving out promotional / free copies of Excel, with 1-2-3 compatiblity, they killed Lotus. The same wi

I agree with you. Microsoft plays a long game. Through giving out promotional / free copies of Excel, with 1-2-3 compatiblity, they killed Lotus. The same with Word and Wordperfect. The same with Netscape. And those companies completely dominated their markets. As market leaders maybe they were lazy, taking profits, and not enhancing their product. That happens with most market leaders. But the fact is, it is impossible to charge $150 for WordPerfect when Microsoft is giving away a compatible word processor. As their only / primary source of revenue, WordPerfect and Lotus could not survive a free competitor. They don't have to kill Linux, and in fact, would not want that IMO, because then someone might bring another pesky antitrust suit against them. But if they can dent it in any way, they will. For those who say Microsoft has changed, is a different company, is embracing open-source, etc.: if that truly is the case, wouldn't they release DirectX for all Linux distributions, not just theirs?