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by ppog
4324 days ago
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"IIRC ... Microsoft required computer manufacturers to purchase an Office license for every Windows license. As a result, every new computer came with Office installed." I think you recall incorrectly. I bought a couple of computers in the early 90s and neither came with Office installed. Admittedly this was in the home and small business market rather than enterprise -- it's true that Microsoft pushed Office harder into the enterprise market, but I still don't recall an antitrust suite over Office bundling, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation#United_Sta... doesn't mention an antitrust suit over Office bundling. You may be thinking of the allegations that Microsoft withheld details of Windows APIs: "The Novell v. Microsoft case was a complaint about Microsoft deliberately withholding Windows technical information in order to thwart its competitors in the applications market. The case brought to light an Oct. 3, 1994 memo from then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, who indicated that Microsoft should withhold namespace extension APIs in Windows 95 from its competitors, WordPerfect and IBM, in order to gain market advantage for Microsoft Word." http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/04/28/court-nixes-novell... |
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I thought it happened later, maybe with Windows 95. I wasn't thinking of the Novell suit, which I'm aware of. However, I'm still not sure I recalled correctly, though I'd be surprised if I remember something that didn't exist at all.