Microsoft: 90,000,000 Windows 7 sold.

[QUOTE="RedruM_I"]Microsoft = monopoly = sucks.blue_hazy_basic

I love it. I got it for $40 using the Student offer from Microsoft. Definite step up from Vista, and I prefer it over XP currently.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="RedruM_I"]Microsoft = monopoly = sucks.RedruM_I

[QUOTE="RedruM_I"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] not understanding what a monopoly is = failblue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="RedruM_I"] Microsoft acts as a monopoly. In practice they are basically a monopoly.RedruM_I

[QUOTE="RedruM_I"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] You talked about Linux and Apple in this thread. Being successful doesn't make you a monopoly ....blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="RedruM_I"] Being succesful don't but how you are succesful can make you act as a monopoly which Microsoft does.RedruM_I

Microsoft = monopoly = sucks.RedruM_I

Similar numbers were flaunted after the release of Vista, and we all know how that turned out.

[QUOTE="RedruM_I"]Microsoft = monopoly = sucks.Rza_rectah

Microsoft is a monopoly by some definitions. The exact definition of the term "monopoly" is as unrealistic as the exact definition of the term "perfect competition" so they have been adjusted.

[QUOTE="Rza_rectah"][QUOTE="RedruM_I"]Microsoft = monopoly = sucks.Hexagon_777

Microsoft is a monopoly by some definitions. The exact definition of the term "monopoly" is as unrealistic as the exact definition of the term "perfect competition" so they have been adjusted.

[QUOTE="RedruM_I"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] You talked about Linux and Apple in this thread. Being successful doesn't make you a monopoly ....blue_hazy_basic

Just read the Holloween Documents.

If you have any furthar questions Google USDOJ VS MS or EU VS MS.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="RedruM_I"] Being succesful don't but how you are succesful can make you act as a monopoly which Microsoft does.skektek

Just read the Holloween Documents.

If you have any furthar questions Google USDOJ VS MS or EU VS MS.

God I don't want to move into the realm of defending MS here, but why should they have to put competitors products in theirs? All businesses seek to protect and expand marketshare, MS isn't doing anything different. If you were an investor in MS wouldn't you be worried if MS wasn't researching competitors and trying to counter them? That doesn't make them a monopoly.

In terms of EU vs MS you're behind the times http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8537763.stm

You might also want to read this http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0806/MS saving Apple from extinction.