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Can you explain the power Microsoft had to shut down people where "true innovation" came from? and who or what stopped them from doing this? What is the differ

Can you explain the power Microsoft had to shut down people where "true innovation" came from? and who or what stopped them from doing this? What is the difference between "true innovation" and -- I don't even know how to ask this exactly -- "untrue innovation"?

danielha 20y ago
They had the ability to throw their weight around -- and they did. One popular example: competing browsers such as Netscape or Opera hardly stood a chance against an integrated IE in Windows. What changed this landscape? A few things, one of which was US v Microsoft.
- Goladus 20y ago
  Lotus 123 and WordPerfect were also crushed by Microsoft.
  - alive88 20y ago
    and Microsoft developed a superior office package. They were at one point behind 123 and WP.
- alive88 20y ago
  but ironically. the browser should be integrated in the core of the OS.