Common knowledge at the time (happened to mention it here a day ago [0]). MS just took a leaf from the mainframe makers, who slowed down their systems so they c

Common knowledge at the time (happened to mention it here a day ago [0]). MS just took a leaf from the mainframe makers, who slowed down their systems so they could charge a hefty premium for increasing performance when the customer was desperate ([1]). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38743988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38743988 [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/885374/ https://lwn.net/Articles/885374/