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manuelabeledo 3y ago
They didn't get away with bundling the browser, but practically, that went nowhere, and they still keep pushing Edge at every turn. One of my pet peeves against Microsoft is, precisely, how they bundled a mail client with their office suite, and one hostile to standards at that. A mail client that, somehow, only worked properly with other Office elements, and, at some point, it created interoperability issues if sender, receiver, and mail server, weren't all running Microsoft software.
- fifteen1506 3y ago
  Secure Mail (tm). Only available on Windows 12 devices with Microsoft-approved software. Only €99 the first 20 months, then triples. Bundled with Microsoft Oven, Microsoft Fridge, Microsoft Wave, Microsoft Printer, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Sofa. Never worry with virus again! the bundle is not guaranteed to work with non-Microsoft Partners, such as Netflix, Steam, Android; companies need to submit for certification their hardware drivers; you can check the Compatibility DB available on the website. You may be downgraded to grayscale 360p if hardware is not verified with the cert level NBBcert 5 stars or another aproved Microsoft partner. Availability in your country depends on your country subscription to Microsoft DRM-center, plan AA, and adherence to snoop-your-neighbor mutual agreement act 5000. China relations must be at level 304 or inferior, per mututal agreement 497. To be eligible for support, you have to buy Microsoft Insurance Pack, and only network devices approved by Liberty Party or its subsidiaries are eligible. You must register at all times the current invitees at your house. If more than 2 invitees, you must apply, with 7-day precendence, for a license fun-at-home. The accuracy of your submission may be validated using Wifi sensors, per patent USPTO20130, and others. Patent Pending. Camera validation may be used if your credit score is under 200. If Microsoft agents knock at your door, failure to open the door will result in all subscribed pack being reduced to a plafond of 30 mins per day until Microsoft Corp and its partners are satisfied your way of life and current invitees are in the agreement of Microsoft, Oracle and Google tricorporation shared agreement.
  - BirAdam 3y ago
    You need to stop giving them ideas.
- whoopdedo 3y ago
  In their defense, Outlook and Exchange were created to compete with Lotus Notes. As much as Office interacted poorly with open standards, it was that it interacted with them at all that made it more successful than the other commercial office software in the 90s.
  - manuelabeledo 3y ago
    I don't see it as a defense, as much as it was a strategy. They may have made their software more standard compliant, and when they gained enough market share, they tried locking competitors out of their environment.

They didn't get away with bundling the browser, but practically, that went nowhere, and they still keep pushing Edge at every turn. One of my pet peeves against Microsoft is, precisely, how they bundled a mail client with their office suite, and one hostile to standards at that. A mail client that, somehow, only worked properly with other Office elements, and, at some point, it created interoperability issues if sender, receiver, and mail server, weren't all running Microsoft software.

fifteen1506 3y ago
Secure Mail (tm). Only available on Windows 12 devices with Microsoft-approved software. Only €99 the first 20 months, then triples. Bundled with Microsoft Oven, Microsoft Fridge, Microsoft Wave, Microsoft Printer, Microsoft TV, Microsoft Sofa. Never worry with virus again! the bundle is not guaranteed to work with non-Microsoft Partners, such as Netflix, Steam, Android; companies need to submit for certification their hardware drivers; you can check the Compatibility DB available on the website. You may be downgraded to grayscale 360p if hardware is not verified with the cert level NBBcert 5 stars or another aproved Microsoft partner. Availability in your country depends on your country subscription to Microsoft DRM-center, plan AA, and adherence to snoop-your-neighbor mutual agreement act 5000. China relations must be at level 304 or inferior, per mututal agreement 497. To be eligible for support, you have to buy Microsoft Insurance Pack, and only network devices approved by Liberty Party or its subsidiaries are eligible. You must register at all times the current invitees at your house. If more than 2 invitees, you must apply, with 7-day precendence, for a license fun-at-home. The accuracy of your submission may be validated using Wifi sensors, per patent USPTO20130, and others. Patent Pending. Camera validation may be used if your credit score is under 200. If Microsoft agents knock at your door, failure to open the door will result in all subscribed pack being reduced to a plafond of 30 mins per day until Microsoft Corp and its partners are satisfied your way of life and current invitees are in the agreement of Microsoft, Oracle and Google tricorporation shared agreement.
- BirAdam 3y ago
  You need to stop giving them ideas.
whoopdedo 3y ago
In their defense, Outlook and Exchange were created to compete with Lotus Notes. As much as Office interacted poorly with open standards, it was that it interacted with them at all that made it more successful than the other commercial office software in the 90s.
- manuelabeledo 3y ago
  I don't see it as a defense, as much as it was a strategy. They may have made their software more standard compliant, and when they gained enough market share, they tried locking competitors out of their environment.