There’s also the “tearing your competitors to shreds, regardless of the law or ethics” which is how I think of Microsoft in the pre-iPhone era.
As someone who loves software, there was a very clear feeling at that time that Microsoft was putting a huge chilling effect on the whole industry, and that the entire industry was stagnating under their control.
Thank god for Netscape, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (in that order) who were able to wrest that control from them. Now at least there are multiple software ecosystems to move between. When one of these massive companies poisons the water around them, there are other ecosystems doing interesting things.
Got bad news for you my friend. All of them (well, of course Netscape doesn't exists anymore) poisoned the waters around them. So regardless where you move, you still inhale some poisoned air.
As someone who loves software, there was a very clear feeling at that time that Microsoft was putting a huge chilling effect on the whole industry, and that the entire industry was stagnating under their control.
Thank god for Netscape, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (in that order) who were able to wrest that control from them. Now at least there are multiple software ecosystems to move between. When one of these massive companies poisons the water around them, there are other ecosystems doing interesting things.