Not necessarily. I say this because Microsoft and their ecosystem are exceedingly good at making money from selling software. If Microsoft didn't exist, the eco

Not necessarily. I say this because Microsoft and their ecosystem are exceedingly good at making money from selling software. If Microsoft didn't exist, the ecosystem might be built around many more fragmented platforms. They make $8.70 for every $1 that Microsoft makes; they might be making $100 dollars for every $1 in some parallel universe, and still making far less money (because their platforms will be making far less than Microsoft does in ours). And maybe people in that parallel universe don't pay for software; they only pay for support ;)