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The term "hackers" didn't just apply to those of us who wiped the thing off first chance they got. Folks working in IT of large corps which had fleets of a 5-digit numbers of PCs to administer and for each of them, Microsoft took their cut.

Just because a description doesn't apply to you personally doesn't mean it's misrepresenting things.

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Why would they get mad about paying for software they were using? What asshats.

It's not about paying. It's about the quasi-monopoly position of companies.

The only monopoly any of them has is on their own models, what are you even talking about?

I guess you're mad about the quasi-monopoly of Tesla, too, since they're the only electric car selling worth a hoot.

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