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Originally Posted by ApK
If you want to be honest, stop using the word monopoly here. It's got nothing to do with it. I don't like ms's tactics, but it's no different than Apple saying if you want to run osx, then you must buy Apple hardware.
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No, the word "monopoly" is appropriate here. If Windows wasn't a monopoly operating system -- with users tied to it via their major applications -- Microsoft wouldn't be able dictate these draconian terms. Think about it. They've changed the rules in midstream. Windows 7 was supposed to be supported until 2020. Now they're limiting that support in ways they've never done before (use newer equipment and you can't use Windows 7). They can only get away with this because they believe that most of their users have no other options. In other words they're using their monopoly standing to manipulate their customers.