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> Back in 2001 there weren't any real alternatives to windows - Mac OS X Public Beta (2000) - SUSE Linux 7.0 (2000) - Debian 2.2 (2000) - OpenBSD 2.7 (2000)

> Back in 2001 there weren't any real alternatives to windows - Mac OS X Public Beta (2000) - SUSE Linux 7.0 (2000) - Debian 2.2 (2000) - OpenBSD 2.7 (2000) - Solaris 8 (2000) - AmigaOS 3.9 (2000) - and so on... [0] Hardly “no alternatives” in my humble opinion. And in office space, MS-DOS was still a thing for quite some time. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_operating_systems#2000s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_operating_systems#...

sandworm101 5y ago
None of those had the broad software options of windows. Everyday users who wanted to complete office tasks, use the internet, and play games were locked into windows. (The 2001 ruling also took a while and was based on pre-2001 behavior by MS and likely future behavior.)
- VelkaMorava 5y ago
  You FAANG apologists are funny. There is a dude responding to someother person with "Nobody made people buy phones with Android or iOS, so why should those companies be punished for that by not allowing them to do whatever they want with their platforms". Well guess what, none of the alternatives to Android and iOS phones have the "broad software options" or offer anything that could compete with these two systems. So what now?
- simfree 5y ago
  In 2001 Linspire had a huge software library you could install from with a single click right from Click N Run (a pretty app store with the app icon, name, description, storage required and user reviews.). Firefox worked, as did Flash (hello NewGrounds!), Java (RuneScape), you could do a ton and be nigh invulnerable to all the malware on the internet of the early 2000s.
  - KronisLV 5y ago
    Curiously enough, 2000 was also when the first public versions of OpenOffice became available: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org It's interesting to think that the project has survived for so long, even if nowadays the Libre office variety is more widely used.

sandworm101 5y ago

None of those had the broad software options of windows. Everyday users who wanted to complete office tasks, use the internet, and play games were locked into windows. (The 2001 ruling also took a while and was based on pre-2001 behavior by MS and likely future behavior.)

VelkaMorava 5y ago
You FAANG apologists are funny. There is a dude responding to someother person with "Nobody made people buy phones with Android or iOS, so why should those companies be punished for that by not allowing them to do whatever they want with their platforms". Well guess what, none of the alternatives to Android and iOS phones have the "broad software options" or offer anything that could compete with these two systems. So what now?
simfree 5y ago
In 2001 Linspire had a huge software library you could install from with a single click right from Click N Run (a pretty app store with the app icon, name, description, storage required and user reviews.). Firefox worked, as did Flash (hello NewGrounds!), Java (RuneScape), you could do a ton and be nigh invulnerable to all the malware on the internet of the early 2000s.
- KronisLV 5y ago
  Curiously enough, 2000 was also when the first public versions of OpenOffice became available: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org It's interesting to think that the project has survived for so long, even if nowadays the Libre office variety is more widely used.