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>that someone else - or a third party would not have been able to help kickstart the clone industry the same way Microsoft did by being willing to provide a lic
by cooldeal 15y ago
>that someone else - or a third party would not have been able to help kickstart the clone industry the same way Microsoft did by being willing to provide a license.
That someone else would have to resist the temptation of making mega billions by tying their software to hardware that they sell at a premium.
- mrcharles 15y agoI think this is a lot of what people are missing. Microsoft did things differently, and because of that, were successful. Whether or not you agree with their business tactics, their contribution was undeniable.
- gnosis 15y agoI don't think anyone here is questioning Microsoft's success. The question is more whether the tactics used by Microsoft to achieve that success (and the consequences of that success for people who weren't Microsoft employees) were admirable or despicable.
- mrcharles 15y agoI don't think it's binary. They had more than one tactic. Their initial tactics were admirable. Long term, their tactics tended towards despicable. But then again, most large corporations fall down that hole.