> MS has a long history of being a provider of tools and not really competing with partners. MS claim to fame was by providing tools to a partner and directly

> MS has a long history of being a provider of tools and not really competing with partners. MS claim to fame was by providing tools to a partner and directly competing with their partner. "In 1985, IBM requested Microsoft to develop a new operating system for their computers called OS/2. Microsoft produced that operating system, but also continued to sell their own alternative, which proved to be in direct competition with OS/2." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft