Nah, I lived through the entire period. Human nature is the reason we had a Microsoft monopoly. Apple didn’t care enough. The Linux people wanted lots of distributions, and couldn’t build a consumer business model with a gun to their heads.
Open Office was, and is, a piece of garbage.
I wasted a lot of time explaining to people that if we all bought our cars from GM, they would suck. That’s what Microsoft was.
Just let it go.
Although, it sure would have been nice if the Amiga carved out 10% market share.
> Human nature is the reason we had a Microsoft monopoly.
They straight up bribed the regulators. If Office stored data in an easy-to-parse open format, society may well have already created a universal flu vaccine.
That’s a really narrow view of the world by someone that’s probably never sold to business. MS products worked exactly the way people who were paid for them care they worked.
Open Office was, and is, a piece of garbage.
I wasted a lot of time explaining to people that if we all bought our cars from GM, they would suck. That’s what Microsoft was.
Just let it go.
Although, it sure would have been nice if the Amiga carved out 10% market share.