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Re:Microsoft is Dead (2007) by codeulike on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @05:38AM (#7182965)
All of those things that Microsof were hated for in the 90s are just mainstream tech business practice in 2014. For better or worse, they were trailblazers that big tech companies since have copied, not just a one-off bad guy. Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook are all doing exactly the same stuff, where they can and where they calculate they can get away with it.
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Re:Microsoft is Dead (2007) by rhino369 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @10:43AM (#7184342)
Microsoft didn't even invent the practices. The tactics--like bundling--are only illegal when you have an monopoly and you exploit the monopoly to win over different markets.

That said, I don't believe Microsoft is a monopoly any longer, at least for consumer PCs.

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Re:Microsoft is Dead (2007) by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @05:42AM (#7182979)
IBM existed before Microsoft.
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Re:Microsoft is Dead (2007) by angryasian on Thursday February 06, 2014 @11:43AM (#7191236)
agree, these practices were standard and around before microsoft, but doesn't mean we still can't dislike companies for doing it.
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