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There was a period when they were as hostile to Linux and non-Windows as a competitor would naturally be, but they were not hostile to users. Try Windows 98/2K
by userbinator 1y ago
There was a period when they were as hostile to Linux and non-Windows as a competitor would naturally be, but they were not hostile to users.
Try Windows 98/2K in a VM and see how peaceful the Windows experience used to be.
- wkat4242 1y agoThey're not so hostile to Linux anymore because their business no longer depends do much on selling OSes but services. However they still want you to use windows because it makes it easier to sell their services. Windows has become a marketing vehicle which is why it now demands we create a Microsoft account and constantly pushes things like OneDrive as the article alludes to. I don't think they were ever any more benign. It was always a pretty hardcore business. First software then services (and now they're hell-bent on becoming the biggest AI player, not very successfully so because they're really only a reseller of watered-down OpenAI services)