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Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by detaro on Thursday October 08, 2015 @08:26AM (#10352225)
Sadly, if you use such rules there are not many big tech companies left that haven't done such things...
Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by sounds on Thursday October 08, 2015 @11:25AM (#10353340)
False equivalence fallacy.

You can wish Microsoft would die, and still use an iPhone.

In fact, much of Apple's success can be attributed to Microsoft fumbling the mobile revolution. In other words, people who use Apple may be doing so directly because of how much worse Microsoft was -- due to Microsoft spending their limited resources on zero-sum tactics like shafting their developer ecosystem.

Compete or die. (Microsoft seems to act like they have a third alternative, monopolize. They're still immensely profitable so it's understandable that their shareholders are comfortable with their current course.)

Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by y4mi on Thursday October 08, 2015 @11:50AM (#10353522)
sure, it just makes you an hypocrit.
Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by sounds on Thursday October 08, 2015 @12:00PM (#10353607)
I personally don't use any iThings. y4mi, do you have concrete examples of what Microsoft has done that has significantly improved end users' ability to run Free Software?
Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by jinst8gmi on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:30AM (#10352601)
And continue to do such things... e.g. milking Android handset manufacturers using patents.
Re:Microsoft’s Very Good Day by verbin217 on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:34AM (#10352615)
I agree. The world needs more granular incentives.