A History of Microsoft's AntiCompetitive Behavior

[WereKitten]

CrashMan said:

WereKitten said:

They could have pushed to have OS/2 bundled at a discount as well, but they rather a) started working on a very different and more advanced kernel for the next iteration of OS/2 that later became NT and b) started codename Chicago, that later became Windows 95, for the home market.

What would they have gained by doing this?  How was this in their best interest?  It obviously wasn't, as the road they took led them to being the software giant they are today.

MS took advantage of naive vendors and opportunities provided to them.  Both IBM and Apple could have protected themselves and they didn't.  That is how business works at that level.

 

I was answering to the idea that they suddenly dropped OS/2 because Windows was selling well when bundled. The reality is that they had their plans about having total control over their own OS and they had them for years while NT was developed, even when they were still paying lip service to the agreement with IBM.

As for the "obviously", hindsight is 20/20.