[ekianjo]

I was not referring to Microsoft, I was referring to the PC as a hardware platform. Besides, in Microsoft's OS, there were very few restrictions as to what you could do and develop and distribute, so de facto Windows was a very open OS as well in that sense. Not very good maybe, but a space everyone could use without restrictions.

And despite Microsoft and its practices, the fact that the PC was open, hardware-wise, made it possible for Linux to exist. That's how flexible the PC platform is.