Microsoft by itself will continue to do what it has always done best: look out for its own self interest. They are a commercial company with responsibilities mainly to the shareholders. It is the American Government/authorities (and to a lesser extent, the European Union) that have let us (the consumers, users, etc.) down time, and time again with all things related to Microsoft (and other companies which behave like Microsoft). If we don't pressure out governments to take active steps to protect us against monopolistic practices we should not be surprised that these practices continue. Of course, things are never as straight forward as they seem and I realise that governments are also trying to protect jobs and the economy: the computer industry (and Microsoft plays an extremely important part in that industry, if we like it or not) provides jobs for millions. However, the negative aspects of this kind of behaviour, in the long run, will hurt us more. When will they realise this.
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Microsoft by itself will continue to do what it has always done best: look out for its own self interest. They are a commercial company with responsibilities mainly to the shareholders. It is the American Government/authorities (and to a lesser extent, the European Union) that have let us (the consumers, users, etc.) down time, and time again with all things related to Microsoft (and other companies which behave like Microsoft). If we don't pressure out governments to take active steps to protect us against monopolistic practices we should not be surprised that these practices continue. Of course, things are never as straight forward as they seem and I realise that governments are also trying to protect jobs and the economy: the computer industry (and Microsoft plays an extremely important part in that industry, if we like it or not) provides jobs for millions. However, the negative aspects of this kind of behaviour, in the long run, will hurt us more. When will they realise this.