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That's a view, but realistically Microsoft's Anti-Trust lawsuit days are now long ago, far further than say... Google's (http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/technology/google-android-la...)

Realistically all corporates are out there to make money, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

that said I don't think witch-hunts with inadequate factual backing help anyone. This would appear to be one of those cases. A single customer support rep. makes a statement and it hits the front of /r/linux and HN without anyone actually checking with the companies in question.

Not everything is a conspiracy theory....

It isn't hard to figure out what's happening if you read everything that went on. Windows itself doesn't install on these computers unless you have special drivers in the boot medium that aren't included with Windows 10. Why would Microsoft sabotage their own OS like that if this were something done to stymie other OSes?