• Optional@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Shit, I’ve been right about microsoft for thirty-plus years and it doesn’t make a damned bit of difference.

    They are. A. MONOPOLY. They have never “fought fair”, and it wouldn’t ever occur to them to do so. Their heart is all BOGU.

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      5 hours ago

      The only reason Apple still exists is because Microsoft didn’t want to get broken up, so they invested in Apple to stay competitive for 150 million in 1997.

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        3 hours ago

        I dunno. I mean that’s true, but it’s also the case that Gates stole a lot from Jobs and they knew each other pretty well so it was also like a friendly loan.

        Tbf Gates took the boos he got at AppleWorld or whatever it was then pretty well.