[ilayn]

You should remember browser wars, PHP vs. ASP, Oracle vs Server, on and on and on. I am not saying I took already side with this statement. But I know enough about how Microsoft sneaks in the check under your glass when you are not looking.

The biggest dick move currently MS and Amazon is trying to pull off for example is forcing IoT world into OPC foundation together with Rockwell Automation which is originating from EU mind you.

There are absolutely better tools from EU and APAC (and from US too) etc. and if we follow your argument some IoT provider has to build a full cloud offering, compete with GCP, AWS and Azure just to earn the right to exist. That is not how leverage works. So in that sense, they are just pushing every service in your face just to install Windows to your own machine which you bought with your own money.

The statement doesn't ask for favors, it asks for level playing field.