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Who exactly is suffering because of Microsoft? Surely not the normal users, Macs are expensive and Linux is garbage outside the tech crowd's needs (a big shock
by 374yruruuru 6y ago
Who exactly is suffering because of Microsoft? Surely not the normal users, Macs are expensive and Linux is garbage outside the tech crowd's needs (a big shock considering who it services). There's plenty of competition in cloud development, office software, and system administration as well. The only losers are European style mom and pop scale businesses but those are relics of a bygone time (probably why Europe likes them). Where's the damage?
- bleepblorp 6y agoEveryone is overpaying because of Microsoft's monopolies. Office + Windows + Active Directory + Windows Server is the only viable enterprise-level software stack for white collar office work. There is no real competition in this space and, as a monopoly, Microsoft charges accordingly. Microsoft's monopoly pricing is passed down to every business' customers and, ultimately, extracts money from all of our pockets.
- fakedang 6y agoI don't even see how European style mom and pop scale businesses even suffered because of Microsoft. On the contrary, the adoption of Windows is much higher in Europe than it is in the US, understandably so. I doubt there are businesses outside of tech anywhere outside the US based on the MacOS. And because Microsoft took a reaaaally lax attitude towards copyright enforcement, everyone in the old and developing worlds basically pirated Windows, Office, etc to oblivion. In my books, post the antitrust case against it in 95, Microsoft has been the least monopolistic of the bunch, and a net positive to the rest of the world.