Not true. People shell out millions because it is (not just was) hands down the best word processor out there (i love FOSS, but openoffice sucks), and that's after they made themselves the standard (again, because they were the best). You'll find something similar with Xerox, Kleenex, and Band-Aid as well - they became synonymous with their products because they were at some point the best. whether that's as true right now varies from case to case. Besides, this sort of thing happens even now, for example, when people say they will "google" something. It rolls off the tongue a little easier than saying they'll "use a search engine to find information about" something.
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Not true. People shell out millions because it is (not just was) hands down the best word processor out there (i love FOSS, but openoffice sucks), and that's after they made themselves the standard (again, because they were the best). You'll find something similar with Xerox, Kleenex, and Band-Aid as well - they became synonymous with their products because they were at some point the best. whether that's as true right now varies from case to case. Besides, this sort of thing happens even now, for example, when people say they will "google" something. It rolls off the tongue a little easier than saying they'll "use a search engine to find information about" something.