Originally posted by: Tiptup
True to a large degree, but none of that would matter if they didn't have a patent on a programming language. Nobody buys a Microsoft operating system because it's well made or because its features are so fantastic. They'd have little power to manipulate people if they were forced to compete on that level. It's mostly luck.
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Don't kid yourself. They manipulate like you wouldn't believe.
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Don't kid yourself. They manipulate like you wouldn't believe.
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True to a large degree, but none of that would matter if they didn't have a patent on a programming language. Nobody buys a Microsoft operating system because it's well made or because its features are so fantastic. They'd have little power to manipulate people if they were forced to compete on that level. It's mostly luck.
What language do they own a patent on?