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Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lotta-license dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's deals with major PC vendors lock users out from alternative options, such as Linux. A recent whitepaper calculates that the cost to industry of this Microsoft monopoly is $10 billion per year."

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  1. Honestly. by justdweezil · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I know I'm going to get modded down for this, and none of you want to hear it, but honestly I find Windows to be the best operating system out at the time. Windows has a monopoly because it's easier for people to use, even though it "sucks". Nobody wants to learn how to use FreeBSD or Linux or whatever. You geeks may think it's easy, but it's a pain. Also, the more people that use Linux/FreeBSD the more people will make things to screw them up like they do Windows. The only operating system comparable in it's ease of use is OSX. I agree that Mac is probably losing thanks to the monopoly, because one of the reasons people turn down Macs is the belief that they'll be left out of the Windows world.