Nope. Contrary to its PR image, MSFT is not a software company, not in a full sense. They are more into management (yes, this is an euphemism). If you look at their core products, they are almost all essentially acquired or "copied". (DOS-, NT-VMS, IE-Spyglass, DirectX was essentially NV1 etc.) They are successful at "selling" and doing DM with influential people.
Very few people actually go out and buy their products, which would be true sign of best fulfilling a need in the demand-offer market sense. But most of their cash cows are shipped OEM or are centrally purchased and shoved down the corporate/gvt-al echelons. Others are tied into vendor lockin and the network effect.
Should MSFT be a real software company, it should have no problem competing with Linux/Android/Java/LO etc. offering superior products without any dirty legalese tricks.
Nope. Contrary to its PR image, MSFT is not a software company, not in a full sense. They are more into management (yes, this is an euphemism). If you look at their core products, they are almost all essentially acquired or "copied". (DOS-, NT-VMS, IE-Spyglass, DirectX was essentially NV1 etc.) They are successful at "selling" and doing DM with influential people.
Very few people actually go out and buy their products, which would be true sign of best fulfilling a need in the demand-offer market sense. But most of their cash cows are shipped OEM or are centrally purchased and shoved down the corporate/gvt-al echelons. Others are tied into vendor lockin and the network effect.
Should MSFT be a real software company, it should have no problem competing with Linux/Android/Java/LO etc. offering superior products without any dirty legalese tricks.