eliasg said: I dont know why vgboys hate so much 360 |
I invite you to look at the past and present business practices of Microsoft.
OOXML vote rigging
Embrace, extend, extinguish (see also Netscape, Novell patent deal, SCO litigation funding)
Abuse of monopoly position with Software Assurance, MOUs with governments and OEM deals) and then not giving value for money (no new version of Windows in 5 years for subscribed organisation)
Making products deliberately incompatible
Undocumented APIs to lock out competitors (Internet Explorer and others)
Vista Capable stickers
Copyright/DRM deals that force it on users (Zune, Vista)
Refusing to give Windows refunds (not following own EULA)
Deals with developing countires to provide many copies of Windows/Office for verycheap prices and then raising them when the product has bevome entrenched
Use of market position to force broken formats on people and then use the monopoly time to patch then to a barely-working and not interoperable state. (see also Silverlight-HP deal, .NET/XNA/C#/SMIL, DirectX, OOXML, WMA, WMV, Vista,
Vague patent threats without taking it to court but retaining the option of doing so
Illegal bundling of Internet Explorer (US) and Windows Media Player (EU)
Various EU fines
"Get the Facts" FUD campaign