Yes and that is a very common case. Windows is designed so that you barely have a chance to deal with your case without Microsoft components all the way. You w

Yes and that is a very common case. Windows is designed so that you barely have a chance to deal with your case without Microsoft components all the way. You would need a company with enormous resources to play catch up with the highly integrated and proprietary connections between each component. It's a rigged monopoly and has nothing to do with a market economy. Once you have been forced to use Windows, you are doomed.