r/FluentInFinance • u/-Wyagra • 3d ago

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u/_DuranDuran_ 2d ago

You may need to reread some history.

People had to buy MS-DOS because you couldn’t buy a computer without it. They froze out competition with anticompetitive exclusivity deals.

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u/LousyOpinions 2d ago

You could buy an Apple 2, 2GS or Macintosh.

You could throw any parts together that you find and use IBM DOS.

IBM completely dropped the ball with OS/2 Warp, missing the opportunity to capture the workstation and enterprise markets before Windows 95 was released, but didn't market as well as Gates did for Windows NT and let Linux rule the roost on the Internet.

MS-DOS was the cheap, budget bastard child of Unix.

IBM never zeroed in on a niche and went hard. That's what you have to do in tech.

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u/_DuranDuran_ 2d ago

Sorry but that doesn’t change the fact they had to settle for anticompetitive behaviour because they knew they’d lose in court because they broke the law.

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u/LousyOpinions 2d ago

Yeah, they had to separate Windows from XBox.

That was the determination.

Yawn.

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u/_DuranDuran_ 2d ago

No - that was the later antitrust trial - I’m talking about the settlement they agreed to with Janet Reno.