Re:In search of a European Google
by vixen99 on Sunday December 06, 2015 @06:32AM
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What's the betting that if Microsoft had originated in Europe, it would have been stopped in its tracks? For all its monopoly (draining somewhat now as the world moves on) it's created trillions of dollars of wealth across the world.
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Re:In search of a European Google
by icebraining on Sunday December 06, 2015 @07:11AM
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Has it? Aren't you making the mistake of comparing the status quo with a copy of it sans Microsoft? Let's say European laws prevented a Microsoft from appearing; computers would still be here, and companies and organizations using them would still need an OS to use them, so there probably would be an increase investment in alternatives.
Would the world be worse off? Maybe in some ways, but I doubt it'd be significantly so.
Microsoft held back computing for a decade or more. So many companies didn't start because they were afraid of being crushed by MSFT. Such a lack of diversity and experimentation. So many security problems.