Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
by JonFish85 on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @05:02PM
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> They abused their power when they had it and I have no intent of giving it back to them to give them another crack at it.
I feel like in some ways they were victims of their own success (Microsoft was). Building the core of an OS around a browser? At the time, a fairly novel idea, but really forward-looking. And I believe that's part of what brought about the massive anti-trust lawsuit.
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
by klipt on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @04:23AM
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As I understand it, the first version of the Microsoft Network (MSN) didn't allow general internet access at all - it was a completely proprietary walled garden, like the original AOL.
I feel like in some ways they were victims of their own success (Microsoft was). Building the core of an OS around a browser? At the time, a fairly novel idea, but really forward-looking. And I believe that's part of what brought about the massive anti-trust lawsuit.