That was always Microsoft's modus operandi, and it almost cost them their company. You can ignore politicians, but politicians won't ignore you.
Boy, they put on a great show.
I wonder if this Google antitrust thing is going to end up a similar nothing-burger due to their deep protection.
If you think that's how it was perceived in Redmond, you don't know anyone there.
Probably not comfortable for them, either.
But did Bill Gates, for example, really fear existentially for MS?
I’m sure there’s a lot of nervous, scrambling people at Google right now, getting back to my point.
There is no good corporation, and no matter how much the people inside the company thing they are influencing the corporate decisions, they are just number on a spreadsheet. If they all quit tomorrow, yes it would be troublesome for the company for a bit, but then they would find replacements and thats it. You as an employee only have one power at the corporation: Dont work there. Thats it, everything else is just for show. Sure you can pick the JS framework that the company will use; thats about as much corporate value as the one that picks the toilet paper in the bathrooms.