> True there were better operating systems ...
ah, you're going way back though, to the establishment of the monopoly.
> Remember DR DOS?
yah, which was my point: it's not about msft selling knowledge, its about maintaining a monopoly. nothing more.
> The FUD is no longer working so you noticed they've gone to
> licenses that go by time and not product. Even that's starting
> to crumble.
well yah, that huge blip in unrecognized revenues last summer was everyone rushing to renew their old licenses instead of jumping into the subscription.
> And you'll notice IBM decided a few years back do and end run
> around MSFT and is now fully endorsing Linux.
not only smart, one of the things that first gave linux legitimacy.
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