Lol. There aren't short term gains for dominating Office. There are billions of dollars per year for decades. Creating a competitive market would be the worst thing he could have done for himself and his shareholders (though probably a good thing for the world).
Creating a competitive market would be the worst thing he could have done for himself and his shareholders (though probably a good thing for the world).
That would be a great argument for legally enforcing (certain) software be F/OSS...
Well, maybe enforcing that once a proprietary standard creates a huge market and then nearly monopolizes it. I'm certainly not arguing in favor of monopolies.