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People who willingly paid the prices Microsoft asked for their goods because those individuals decided that it was in their self-interest to do so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows

"The Findings of Fact in the United States Microsoft antitrust case of 1998 established that "One of the ways Microsoft combats piracy is by advising OEMs that they will be charged a higher price for Windows unless they drastically limit the number of PCs that they sell without an operating system pre-installed. In 1998, all major OEMs agreed to this restriction."[5]"

Of course doing well and doing good aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Returning to the present situation: Execs who have made more money than they or their heirs will ever need, and who are starting to think about their legacy, have an opportunity here.

It was nigh impossible to buy a non-Windows x86 machine from any major vendor.

That said, the second sentence remains correct.