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You're looking at it from the modern perspective. What Microsoft did was use their monopoly power to destroy a potential competitor -- the first step of the "EE
by endemic 9mo ago
You're looking at it from the modern perspective. What Microsoft did was use their monopoly power to destroy a potential competitor -- the first step of the "EEE" trifecta.
- falcor84 9mo agoI'm not a fan of Microsoft, but I don't think that they, or anyone, should be disallowed to Embrace new technologies. There has to be a better approach to antitrust.
- CamperBob2 9mo agoThey never "destroyed" anyone who didn't have it coming. I remember paying for Netscape 4, and I remember the pile of steaming garbage I got when I did that.
- WillAdams 9mo agoThey destroyed MacBASIC --- as a person who suffered through using Microsoft BASIC for Macintosh, that's not something I'll forget.