Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative
by Fnoord on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:40PM
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Yeah, that's irony. There's more.
A former monopolist getting flak from a current monopolist who tricked IBM with MS-DOS [1].
If you want to be pedantic on the history of Microsoft, however, I'd like to remind you of the history of IBM [2]. Of particular relevance are the parts "IBM in Germany and Nazi Occupied Europe" and "1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services".
Do we still (respectively ~75 and ~50 years later) hold this against IBM? No, we don't. Its longer ago than Microsoft's practices, so I understand people still hold a grudge (heck, I'm one of them, I still tend to avoid Microsoft products). It'll take some time. But that doesn't mean my grudge is still rational.
A former monopolist getting flak from a current monopolist who tricked IBM with MS-DOS [1].
If you want to be pedantic on the history of Microsoft, however, I'd like to remind you of the history of IBM [2]. Of particular relevance are the parts "IBM in Germany and Nazi Occupied Europe" and "1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services".
Do we still (respectively ~75 and ~50 years later) hold this against IBM? No, we don't. Its longer ago than Microsoft's practices, so I understand people still hold a grudge (heck, I'm one of them, I still tend to avoid Microsoft products). It'll take some time. But that doesn't mean my grudge is still rational.
[1] http://thisdayintechhistory.com/11/06/ibm-signs-a-deal-with-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM