In fact, 32 years later I would go as far as to say that Microsoft has been deviously clever in promoting Open Source as its Great Enemy, the Nemesis that will bring it down. And while we were all busy promoting Libre Office and what have you, Lotus died, Ami Pro died, Word Perfect died. I.e. commercial companies with half a chance to be actual, true, competition. Open Source will not kill Microsoft. Better commercial software is the only thing that can.
So it happened at least once.
That's an interesting take that doesn't seem to line up very well either with history or the article, which points out that governments have made moves like this in the past, only to return to Microsoft products at some point in the future.
Since at least the late 90's I've been hearing prognostications that Microsoft was doomed because of open source and how it's only a matter of time, and they are now the most valuable company listed on US stock exchanges.
flagrant editorialization .. there are countless battles over the course of the MSFT campaign that had serious outcomes..
a simple observation is that "most people" are children, elderly, infirm, crooked or otherwise not in the contest .. "most people" certainly do not speak English at all; they neither care nor not care as they are not meaningfully involved in a way that matters
in other words, PP is partisan gibberish
You can't dismiss "most people don't care" with "most people don't care", it's the same point.
> Microsoft won't ever be able ... their business model is ... have had enough.
statements made with complete certitude, as if these things aren't nebulous to begin with or in the process of being decided. it reads like the opening line to a christopher nolan superhero movie (i.e., a call to arms) rather than a position or even an opinion.
i personally don't understand what people get from the act of writing/posting such things - i mean i'd get it if we were on some hill about to rush into battle but this is an anonymous/faceless tech news forum.
Software freedom can’t compete with having someone else manage your email, documents, and communication servers for you.
The moment you contract someone else to provide those solutions there’s inherently no way to have end to end “free” software experience even if your contractor of choice is using free software.
People don’t subscribe to 365 because Word is better than LibreOffice Writer. They subscribe because someone else is removing a bunch of labor from their organization.