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Default The truth about OS/2!!! [ Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?]

One incredibly clueless troll.

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John Doe writes:

All Microsoft had to do was sell Windows and allow pirates to steal
it.


"Allow pirates to steal it"? So Microsoft is essentially damned if it
does and damned if it doesn't.

Now that Microsoft Windows is an entrenched monopoly, Microsoft
is putting the screws down.


How?

Unless Microsoft is making all the money.


It's not. The vast majority of money in the PC world is made by
companies other than Microsoft.

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