Microsoft did some terrible things, and abused their market power. But overall, I would say the world is a significantly better place than it would have been wi

Microsoft did some terrible things, and abused their market power. But overall, I would say the world is a significantly better place than it would have been without MS. Looking at it from an economics point of view, every person who bought MS software made a logical transaction where the benefits outweighed the costs, therefore making their life better in some way.