Comment on Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US

• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Like literally investing in $150 million in Apple in 1997 and porting Office to MacOS to get in front of a possible antitrust trial ahead of Jobs’ return?

  I’m not an MS fanboi, but at least get your facts right if you’re going to make such a claim.

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Okay look at the history. Look at the Macworld introduction to Microsoft Office. The Apple community wasn’t happy about it. Microsoft made a lot of money and kept themselves from being a monopoly. You think they did that out of the kindness of their hearts?

    I bet if we talk about Linux, you’re going to bring up that Microsoft joined the Linux Foundation and completely ignoring their anti competitive practices before that.

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    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m merely pointing out that your thesis – “You make it seem like Microsoft didn’t do everything they could to kill Linux and Mac.” – is categorically false. Of course no sane business decision in the current economic climate is altruistic, but this is scarcely news.

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      • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The word “could” can refer to anytime in history.

        Just because someone tried to murder someone and did everything they could do to make the murder happen, doesn’t mean they didn’t just because they got caught trying to do so, changed their mind so they wouldn’t get caught, and gave the person, that they tried to murder, money.

        Just because Microsoft did everything they could to kill Linux and Mac, doesn’t mean they didn’t just because an antitrust case was building up, changed their business practices, and invested money in Apple.

        Also it’s no thesis. In 2001, Microsoft settled with the DOJ and changed their business practices.

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