[Razengan]

Yeah the more you read up on computing history from barely even 40 years ago, it seems that most of the things that we take for granted today became so more through politics (and in the case of Microsoft, bullying) than merit.

[Razengan]

Regarding Microsoft, this was before even the "Browser Wars" they'd send suited people to the offices of Japanese PC manufacturers and threaten to revoke their Windows licenses if they even OFFERED customers the CHOICE of an alternative operating system!!

This and other dirt is on any YouTube video about the history/demise of alternative computing platforms/OSes.