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altern8yesterday at 8:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

If I remember correctly, Microsoft allegedly did that for the very selfish reason of looking better in terms of being a monopoly.


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politelemonyesterday at 9:22 PM

Of course this is well known. Everything Microsoft does is for selfish capitalist reasons and everything Apple does is for altruistic philanthropic reasons.

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stavrosyesterday at 8:48 PM

Rather than for the altruistic reason of saving a struggling fellow company?