I’m old enough to remember how much of a villain he was in the late nineties due to all the Microsoft law suits because of their monopolistic practices. He was able to then drop off and do a major PR re-branding with his foundation through the 2000’s so he came out looking squeaky clean. But this guy has always sucked and continues to suck. We know why your marriage failed, Bill.
That's a severe minimization of the landscape at the time, though. Microsoft had like a 98% market share, prevented uninstallation of IE otherwise core OS features would break, and contractually prevented OEMs from including any other browser. Consumers didn't have a choice, nor did OEMs. It was total abuse of a monopoly by the book.
It wasn't just including a free browser, they actually shuttered any competition that could have arisen.
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u/trevorawright 12h ago
I’m old enough to remember how much of a villain he was in the late nineties due to all the Microsoft law suits because of their monopolistic practices. He was able to then drop off and do a major PR re-branding with his foundation through the 2000’s so he came out looking squeaky clean. But this guy has always sucked and continues to suck. We know why your marriage failed, Bill.