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Well if OS2 had succeeded we would have PC's controlled by the OG evil tech monopoly which have had their business dealings in far worse things (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust) than microsoft ever did.


... what does that practically matter to people living in the Microsoft era?


Perhaps as evidence we need anti-trust because we cannot rely on happy accidents like IBM allowing an upstart frenemy to thrive.


Especially since it's now the erstwhile upstart frenemy that sits in the driver's seat. They have institutional memory of where they came from, so they know to be on their guard against the same thing happening to themselves.




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