Why do you think Microsoft is evil?

[ItsaMii]

Mistershine said:

ItsaMii said:

Mistershine said:
And before you spout the old 'They use their software domination to force their products on people and strangle fair competition' chestnut, please bare in mind that they are a business, and the wholepoint of business is to beat your competition and force customers/consumers to use your products.
This is not a flamebait thread, I am looking for reasonable answers to a reasonable question.
For the record, I am not a particular fan of MS in any way, shape or form, aside from my 360, I just dont have a problem with them as a business.

Your definition of business is poor (and kinda scary also). So Companies should force us to buy their products, like with threats and blackmail?
As for beating competition try reading about anti trust legislation. I would put some time answering your question, but I think there would be no use because your premises are wrong.

You misintepreted my use of the word force. I meant is as in by putting your competition out of business, you are therefore going to force to people to use your products/services as they have no alternative.
Also my definition of business is it's a scheme to make money. If your not actively trying to make as much money as possible while beating your competition into nonexistance then your doing it wrong.

"Also my definition of business is it's a scheme to make money". That is also a good definition for scam, con artist, hoax, pyramid scheme. Your vision of the market seems to be the same as a sport event. But the business world or the market is not like a football game, one loss and you are out forever (in most cases). Another difference is that you do need to smash the competition into oblivion to win, 1% marketshare for some kinds of marketsis like heaven.

The way you say it is just wrong. It is like McDonald`s or Burguer King destroying a small nacho stand just because their sodas are cheaper.

Competition is about marketshare and profits, not about killing the competition. Also it is illegal to aim for a monopoly in most developed countries.