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My bet is as more apps become web based instead of residing on your PC, MS's hold on the world's PC is going to evaporate, and Google will end up buying Microsoft just to put the final nail in the coffin. Linux is going to be the only OS needed and it will be free. You'll only store your data files on the PC, and perform the apps off of web servers. No more software updates or upgrades needed.
MS has certainly done a lot for the evolution of computing, but in the process they decided their business model would be crush all the competition you can, to stifle innovation which could displace their products, and with that attitude at the core of their corporate mantra, it was inevitable alongside of being one of America's most admired companies, they would be one of the most despised.
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