[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein for this link. ]
“When the National Science Foundation opened the Internet to the
public, it essentially created an unlevel playing field for
proprietary software companies such as Microsoft. Such firms had
spent billions of dollars on research, development and productizing
new and innovative ways to use computers. Overnight, newcomers with
low barriers to entry sprouted up and challenged established
business models.“Fortunately, Microsoft discovered how to compete against the
Open Monopoly…”