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> Microsoft has serious problems with let the competitors a chance to compete. When you come down to it, there's a lot of circumstance involved. For instance,
by winter_blue 13y ago
> Microsoft has serious problems with let the competitors a chance to compete.
When you come down to it, there's a lot of circumstance involved.
For instance, take iOS -- it doesn't allow any other browser engine WebKit/UIWebView. And no one is suing Apple over it.
- yulaow 13y agoThat's because the marketshare of ios on mobile systems (13,4% worldwide [1]) is not comparable with the marketshare of windows in pc systems (90% worldwide [2]) Microsoft windows is in a strong dominating position, ios not [1] http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screen-shot-2013-08-07-at-11-36-54-am.png http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/screen-s... [2] http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share....
- rbanffy 13y ago> For instance, take iOS -- it doesn't allow any other browser engine WebKit/UIWebView. Get back to me when 90+% of smartphones from all major manufacturers are sold with iOS. It's not just being anti-competitive - it's being an anti-competitive monopoly.
- winter_blue 13y agoI don't think anything will change even if/when iOS has 90%+ of the market share. Thing are going to remain the same, and Apple will get what it wants.