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Originally Posted by HarryT
MS-DOS before It was that deal which launched Microsoft on the road to world domination. I must point out that there was no "coercion" involved - it was IBM who approach Microsoft, not vice versa.
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Well, it certainly IS coercion when one is forced to buy M$ Windows on any PC they purchase. Before M$ tactics forced computer manufacturers to sell computers with ONLY a M$ OS, the consumer had choice. If he wanted UNIX from Dell instead of Windows, he could get it. If he already had an OS license, he didn't have to pay for an OS, period. Hopefully M$ will never be allowed to coerce the customer like this again.