New: Microsoftopoly
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“When it comes right down to it, there’s one main reason that Microsoft is in the position they’re in today — their businessmen. It certainly isn’t their software, and there’s no way that it’s their executive charm (although Steve Ballmer does seem to have an awkward boyish glow at times). One might even go so far as to say that Microsoft itself would not be here today if not for their business guys. It seems that Microsoft is more of a company that sells software, not a software company. For the majority of their products, they will typically buy other peoples’ software out, load it full of MS logos and slap a price tag on it. They never do anything innovative, and rarely ever come up with any software ideas on their own. As stated before: Microsoft is a company that sells software … not a software development company.”
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