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> OSes for PCs (not Macs) If you slice the market thin enough anything can be a monopoly. This particular distinction seems pretty arbitrary to me.
by im3w1l 5y ago
> OSes for PCs (not Macs)
If you slice the market thin enough anything can be a monopoly. This particular distinction seems pretty arbitrary to me.
- ghaff 5y agoI agree but even if you throw Macs in there, the Windows marketshare is probably still over 90%. Maybe a bit lower if you include Chromebooks too.
- erik_seaberg 5y agoYou could buy a computer with MacOS installed. You almost couldn’t buy a computer with OS/2 or BeOS installed, because Microsoft would threaten your OEM with a punitive price hike for Windows licenses the majority expect.
- burntoutfire 5y agoThere are billions of PCs in the world, it's hardly a thin slice.