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LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.
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Shit, I've been right about microsoft for thirty-plus years and it doesn't make a damned bit of difference.
They are. A. MONOPOLY. They have never "fought fair", and it wouldn't ever occur to them to do so. Their heart is all BOGU.
Wasn't there even a Simpsons episode about it?
"Buy him out, boys!"
"Buy him out, boys."
Das Bus
Season 9 / Episode 14 (19:10)
“You don’t think we got rich by writing checks?!? Ahahahaha”
The only reason Apple still exists is because Microsoft didn’t want to get broken up, so they invested in Apple to stay competitive for 150 million in 1997.
That's not entirely true. It's true that Microsoft invested in Apple, but it's not true that they were about to get broken up and that Microsoft money saved them.
I dunno. I mean that’s true, but it’s also the case that Gates stole a lot from Jobs and they knew each other pretty well so it was also like a friendly loan.
Tbf Gates took the boos he got at AppleWorld or whatever it was then pretty well.