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That's just bullshit. They produced their products like everyone else, and as a result built thousands of little innovations into it. Windows is not a cheap OS X clone (and thank god for that, here's to choice). Yes, they also copied successful concepts. So does everybody else.

If Microsoft is so bad, why is everybody buying it? The "shady business practices" theory is just too easy. And even if that was the only reason: I guess then they innovated in the sector of "shady business practices". They certainly did not become so big through sheer luck.




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