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How Microsoft bought China

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jul 30, 2007

“Some people seem to have a short circuit in their minds when
they try to explain why Windows has such an enormous desktop market
share. Some of them have the delusion that Windows is technically
better than the competition. It never was. It isn’t now. And,
considering how Vista is staggering along, it never will be.

“No, Microsoft wins because it does whatever it needs to do to
win. If that means strong-arming the PC companies, so be it. If
that means breaking the law, that’s fine too.”

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